OAO Aeroflot will have 27 of the A320 family of planes by the end of the month and the total will rise to 56 planes by mid-2010, Deputy CEO Lev Koshlyakov said in a telephone interview today from Moscow where the company is based. „This is to replace the aging Tupolev-154’s that will be decommissioned by that time,” Koshlyakov said, adding that so far Aeroflot has preliminary agreements for the new jets. State-controlled Aeroflot, which last year entered the SkyTeam alliance of Air France-KLM Group, seeks to become more competitive in domestic and international markets. Russian airlines flew 38 million passengers in 2006, or 8.3% more than a year earlier, as the country’s expanding economy encouraged travel. (Bloomberg)
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