JAA is still cautious over Russian types

Tupolev, which is working on having a Rolls-Royce-powered variant of the Tu-204 twin-turbofan passenger aircraft certificated to Western standards, say that considerable difficulties still exist. Tupolev's intention is to have the Tu-204 variant certificated by the JAA, but Valentin Klimov, Tupolev's general director, warned at the conference that: "...certification is ...