MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to him, the planes’ hulls and engines will be modernized.
"Representatives of Vietnam who came for the institute’s 75th birthday expressed their interest in cooperation on modernization of An-2 planes belonging to their national air forces, the fleet of which stands at 40 vehicles. After this, they sent us a corresponding business proposal," Igor Shubin told the Izvestiya newspaper in an interview released on Friday.
Shubin added that a number of Asian countries have in recent years expressed interest in modernizing their An-2 planes.
