12th of April. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin instructed the design Bureau of them. Ilyushin Begin to develop the previously started, even in the middle of the 90-ies of the last century, but later suspended the project to develop and create an airplane IL-112V.

It became officially known that the aircraft, previously developed exclusively for the military industry, should also be suitable for the needs of civil aviation, carrying out both the transportation of goods and passengers at short distances.

It should be noted that presumably the first test Il-112V be held in the middle of next year, and the plane is to become an effective replacement is already obsolete transporters An-26.

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