MiG plans to deliver 36 combat planes in 2004

MOSCOW (AFP) Jul 21, 2004
The Russian aircraft manufacturer MiG plans to deliver 36 MiG 29 combat planes this year to foreign buyers, 20 new aircraft and 16 modernized versions, MiG director general Valery Torianine said Wednesday.

He said the last two planes from an order of 10 MiG 29 SE fighters and two MiG 29 UB trainers left for Sudan Wednesday.

MiG's order book is currently worth 1.4 billion dollars, according to Torianine, who added that "there is a real possibility to bring it soon to two billion dollars."

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