OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 July 2008 was announced, that the new Tu-204-300 after flying above Aviastar-SP production facilities at 7.45 p.m. headed for Vladivostok.

Tu-204-300 is the only single aisle airplane that carries up to 150 people on routes up to 7000km long.

After receiving the fifth aircraft of this type manufactured by Aviastar-SP on Ilyushin Finance Co. order “Vladivostok Avia” airline has become the biggest Tu-204-300 operator in Russia. The flying time per aircraft during a month is up to 400fl/h. (Vladivostok Avia purchased the first Tu-204-300s in 2005).

Increase in Primorski Tu-204-300 fleet provide inhabitants of Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Komsomolsk-na-Amure with more opportunities to travel to Moscow, St.Petersburg and the Urals. 

Aviastar-SP and Ilyushin Finance Co. plan to deliver the sixth Tu-204-300 to Vladivostok Avia within the next month.