Aeroflot Alters Schedule After Russia Grounds Il-96 Airliners
Aug. 22
OAO Aeroflot, Eastern Europe's largest airline, plans to alter routes and timetables after Russian regulators grounded Ilyushin Il-96 airliners today over ``design defects.''
Aeroflot is in the process of finding aircraft for flights currently slotted for Il-96s, the Moscow-based carrier said in an e-mailed statement.
``In this difficult situation, Aeroflot will do everything possible to fulfill its commitments to its passengers,'' Chief Executive Valery Okulov said in an e-mailed statement.
State-controlled Aeroflot, which operated the world's largest fleet of aircraft in the Soviet era, expects to fly 7.2 million passengers this year.
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