Il-114 and An-38 are near approval

The CIS is to certificate the Ilyushin Il-114 and the Antonov An-38 by the end of this month. Valentin Sushko, chairman of the CIS Avia Register, has confirmed that certification work has been completed on the aircraft. Both will receive their NLGS 23 approvals later this month.

The first is Ilyushin's long-awaited Il-114 60-passenger twin turboprop. Its cargo variant, the Il-114T, will be receive approval later.

The Il-114 is designed to replace the An-24, which entered service in 1962. Production is already under way at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The Ukrainian-designed Antonov An-38 will also be approved this month. The 26-seat twin turboprop is a major redesign and stretch of the An-28. It is powered by two AlliedSignal TPE331-14 GR801E turboprops and also has an AlliedSignal cockpit.

Source: Flight International