OREANDA-NEWS. On August 14, 2009 JSC Aeroflot Russian Airlines has received a new А319 aircraft by Airbus. Currently, the company’s air fleet has 56 airplanes of the А319/320/321 family. This aircraft was named after Dmitry Mendeleev, a Russian scientist – the Encyclopaedist, the ingenious chemist and the physicist, the author of the periodic law and the table of chemical elements, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

The aircraft is received under an operational lease contract signed in 2008. The lease holder is BOC Aviation Limited.

All the machines are supplied directly ex-factory. The cabins are delivered in two-class layout to accommodate 116 (A319), 140 (A320) and 170 (A321) passengers. Aeroflot operates A320 family aircrafts to a network of destinations in Russia and Europe. The company is among the world’s leaders in terms of operational reliability and actual hours flown per aircraft.

The А319/320/321 family are among the best machines for medium range flights, complying with all safety, reliability and passenger comfort requirements.