Airbus is poised to deliver two Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliners (ACJ) to Russia and the Czech Republic for government/VIP transport. The handover to Russian state transport company Rossiya will add the first Western aircraft to the company's 42-strong Russian-built fleet. The Czech aircraft, pictured last week (left) during a customer acceptance flight at Airbus's Finkenwerder base in Germany, is the first of two ACJs on order. They will replace two Tupolev Tu-154s in service, according to Flight's data service Acas.

ACJ  
© Rene Hesse   
ACJ 2
© Dennis Hut  




Source: Flight International