OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2009. JSC Aeroflot Russian Airlines has received the 15th А321 by Airbus. By the end of 2009, the company plans receiving one more aircraft of this model. Currently, the company’s air fleet operates 61 aircraft from the A319/320/321 family, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

The Airplane is called after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Soviet scientist, and the founder of the modern astronautics.

The aircraft was purchased under a financial lease contract signed in December 2008 between Aeroflot JSC and Airbus Corporation.

All А320 family aircraft are delivered to Aeroflot directly ex-factory. The cabins have two-class layout and can accommodate 116 (А319), 140 (А320) and 170 (А321) passengers. Aeroflot operates А320 family aircraft to a network of European and Russian domestic routes.

The company is among the world’s leaders in terms of operational reliability and actual hours flown per aircraft.