"According to the agreement, within a month of this protocol's signing, a draft contract for the lease of six Il-96-400T aircraft between the Ilyushin Finance Co. and Aeroflot Cargo will be prepared for signing," Russia's largest air carrier said in a statement.
Two aircraft will be supplied in 2008, one in 2009 and three in 2010. The leasing term is 15 years.
The Il-96-400T is a cargo version of the Il-96-400 passenger jet. The plane's maximum commercial load capacity is 92 metric tons, its flight range with a maximum payload is 5,700 kilometers (3,500 miles), and its maximum takeoff weight is 265 metric tons.
UABC, which is 90% state owned, consolidates aircraft building companies and state assets engaged in the manufacture, design and sale of military, non-military, transport and unmanned aircraft in a bid to streamline the Russian aviation industry.
It incorporates commercial and military aircraft makers, such as Sukhoi, Ilyushin and Tupolev, as well as companies involved in distribution, including Aviaexport.
