The aircraft is designed to operate in various climate conditions, especially amid hot temperatures and at unprepared and high-altitude airfields. Its lifting capacity is 9.2 tonnes. It is 24.537 meters long and 8.8 meters high, its wingspan is 29.2 meters.
Read alsoAntonov-made aircraft to get EU certification – Infrastructure MinistryAs UNIAN reported earlier, state-owned enterprise Antonov, Ukraine's only aircraft manufacturer, presented the prototype of the brand new An-132 transport aircraft on December 20, 2016.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, top managers of state-owned UkrOboronProm Concern and its part, the Antonov plant, visited the airshow to watch the flight. Representatives of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is a customer and partner under the An-132D project, also attended the event.
