AN-225 production to restart following Hong Kong deal

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The end may be near for the nose-loading 747F, but there is finally movement on further Antonovs. While there has been much talk of getting the AN-124 back into production, it has been pipped to the post by the news that the larger AN-225 could be made again. Ukraine’s Antonov has signed a deal with Hong Kong’s Airspace Corporation of China to restart assembly. Under the first phase, the partially finished hull of the second aircraft will be completed, before ...