Not first An-140

You say (Flight International, 3-9 June) that the Antonov An-140, recently delivered to Motor-Sich, is the first airframe to start satisfying that "immediate requirement for 20 An-140s". This could lead readers to believe that this is the first production An-140 shipped to a Ukrainian customer.

Some of these turboprops are already in service with Odessa Airlines and Kharkiv Aeromost, leased from UkrTransLeasing.

It is not a big issue, but it could be sensitive for Antonov and the KhGAPP, which struggle to secure sales of this aircraft in increasingly hostile export and mediocre domestic markets.

Alexei Sinitsa Kiev, Ukraine

Source: Flight International