On 15 June on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a ceremony of signing an MOI between the Government of the Republic of Sakha and the Tupolev Company (which is the part on the Rostech State Corporation) signed by the Head of the Republic of Sakha Aysen Nikolayev and the Managing Director of the Tupolev Company Vadim Korolev and which is aimed at development of cooperation for increasing the transport accessibility of the region and providing air transportation.
According to the MOI the Sakha Government is interested in buying up to 12 TU-214 planes for the Yakutiya Airlines Company till 2030 with the details and terms of the contract to be discussed later.
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The Tu 214 is a medium range passenger plane produced by the Kazan Aircraft Plant after S. Gorbunov.