MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will supply a Tu-204CE cargo airplane to Cuba in the third quarter of this year, a spokesman for a Russian leasing company said Tuesday.
Andrei Lipovetsky of Ilyushin Finance Co. said the Tu-204CE would be the second such aircraft delivered to Cuba.
Since 2005, Cuba has received a total of six Russian aircraft - three Il-96-300 passenger airliners, two Tu-204-100 passenger planes, and the initial Tu-204CE cargo plane.
The Tu-204CE, a cargo version of the Tu-204, is a twin-engine medium-haul airplane.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin previously said that in the course of a recent visit by a Russian delegation to Cuba, a number of agreements were signed, including on the purchase of Tu-204 passenger airliners and An-148-200 regional jets.
The Tu-204CE is manufactured by the Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP aircraft maker.
