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COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TUPOLEV Tupolev Joint Stock Company, 17 Akademika Tupoteva, Moscow 111250, Russia; tei: +7 (095) 2612436; fax: +7 (095) 2610868. TU-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160-to 180-seatTu-l 54 tri-jet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and with increased weights. The first Tu-154M was delivered to Aeroflot in late 1984, and around 400 have been built to date. All Tu-154s have the same fuselage length, with accommodation for 168-180 passengers, depending on layout. A cargo conversion, called the Tu-154S, with a large freight door on the forward fuselage, is also in service. Tupolev is now offering an upgrade and modernisation programme for the Tu-154. Rybinsk -Motors, which makes the D-30KU engine, has developed a modification which it claims reduces fuel consumption by 4-5 %. The company is also developing a low-emission combustor, and a Stage 3 hushkit for the engine. Although it acknowledges that the silencer equipment adds weight and reduces economics, Rybinsk says that the kit will enable the maxi mum take-off weight and flap-setting limita tions to be removed. A twin-engined version of the Tu-154 had been proposed, dubbed the Tu-154M2, which would have been equipped with Perm PS-90s, and have a 2m stretch. The development of this aircraft is now thought to have been suspended. Delivered 1,000-plus Sales of the R-R-powered Tu-204-120 are taking off, with Scirocco undertaking the marketing TU-204/214 The twin-engined Tupolev Tu-204 was first flown in January 1989, and the type was certi ficated by the Russian authorities in January 1995. ARIA received its first Tu-204, a -204C freighter, in April 1995. The initial version (the Tu-204-100) is powered by Perm PS-90 engines, and a higher-weight model, equipped with the PS-90, has also now been developed. Designated the Tu-214 (formerly the Tu-204- 200), this aircraft had its first flight in March 1996, and has a MTOWincreased to 1 lOt. A Westernised R-R RB.21 l-535E4B-pow- ered variant, dubbed the Tu-224-120, was flown in August 1992. This aircraft is being marketed by Sirocco Aerospace International, which has been formed by the Egyptian compa ny Kato Aromatic, ordering 30 Tu-204-120s for sale and lease in August 1996. A R-R-powered versionoftheTu-204-200,dubbedtheTu-204- 220 or Tu-224, is also planned. The first five Sirocco Tu-204-120s will be completed with Russian avionics, but will have a new interior developed by the UK's Diamonite. The "Phase II" version will have an AlliedSignal Engines auxiliary-power unit and new navigation and communications equip ment, while the definitive aircraft is being fitted with avionics supplied by AlliedSignal and Honeywell, including a system based on die lat- ter's Versatile Integrated Avionics VLA2000 avionics suite. Russian certification of the Tu-204-120 was awarded in July 1997. Work for JAA approval is under way, and certification is expected within two years. In August 1997, Sirocco signed deals with two launch customers involving 15 air craft. KrasAir, based in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, has concluded a deal for ten air craft, while new Egyptian carrier Air Cairo has signed for five. Aviastar Asia (AAC), a joint venture involving Aviastar and several Soudi-East Asian financial institutions, opened its office in Taipei, Taiwan, in July 1996. The consortium will provide leas ing, financial and technical support for die Tu- 204. AAC is expected to order 20 Tu-204s and Tu-2 34s. AAC aims to place Tu-204s in what is perceived as the traditional Russian-airliner markets-Africa, Asia, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific rim. Production The basic PS-90-powered Tu-204, R-R-powered Tu-204-120 and short-fuselage Tu-234 are built by Aviastar at its factory in Ulyanovsk. Aviastar is targeting a production rate of six aircraft a month by 2001. A second assembly line at the Kazan Aircraft Production Factory in Kazan produces the higher weight Tu-214. Tupolev is also said to be holding talks with Iranian officials over manufacturing the Tu- 204, and the Tu-3 34, in Iran. Delivered 16 TU-234 Tupolev unveiled the Tu-234 in September 1995, a shortened version of the Tu-204. Formerly known as the Tu-2 04-3 00, die aircraft is powered by Aviadvigatel PS-90A turbofans and seats 160 passengers. A R-R powered ver sion is also planned. The Tu-234 has a ftiselage 6m shorter man that of the Tu-204, and die prototype, which was created by the conversion of a Tu-204,was rolled out in August 1995. This aircraft has not been flown, however, and the first production Tu-2 34 was completed by Aviastar in 1996. The timetable of the air- Tupolev and Rybinsk are working to reduce the noise and emisions generated by the Tu-154M' 52 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 3 - 9 September 1997
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