Antonov An-140

Type (Muster)
Regional airliner (Regionalverkehrsflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Ukraine

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Antonow ASTC (Aeronatical/Scientific Technical Complex)
Tupolev Str. 1
252062 Kiev
Ukraine

Phone: 0038-044/443-0209
Fax: 0038-044/442-7090

Production will be handled by the Kharkov State Aircraft Manufacturing Copmany (Sumskaya Str. 134, 310023 Kharkov, Ukraine; Phone 00380-572/43-1985, Fax 00380-572/47-8001). A second final assembly line is to be set up by Aviacor in Samara (Russia).

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2 plus cabin attendant
Passengers (Passagiere): 52 in basic layout, at 31 inch pitch. Combi can take 20 passengers and 3,65 tons of cargo in the front of the fuselage.
Baggage/cargo (Gepäck/Fracht): There is a luggage compartment of 6 cu m and and underfloor compartment for 3 cu m of baggage.

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x AI-30 series 1 turboprops (Klimov TV3-117VMA-SBM1)
Power (Leistung): 2 x 1838 kW (2500 shp)
Propeller diameter (Propellerdurchmesser): 3,66 m
Fuel consumption (Kraftstoffverbrauch): about 610 kg/h total

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 22,60 m
Height (Höhe): 8,23 m
Span (Spannweite): 25,50 m

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 14,30 m, including rear baggage hold (inkl. hinterem Gepäckraum)
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 4,6 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,90 m

Weights (Massen)
Max. payload (Nutzlast): 6000 kg
Max. fuel (max. Kraftstoff): 4440 kg
Max. take-off weigth (max. Startmasse): 21500 kg
Max. landing weight (max. Landemasse): 21000 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Cruise speed (Reisegeschwindigkeit): 575 km/h
Cruise altitude (Reiseflughöhe): 7200 m
Runway length required (Startstrecke): 1495 m
Landing field length (Landestrecke, ISA, Meereshöhe):
Range (Reichweite):
   - 1380 km with maximum payload
   - 2340 km with 52 passengers at 90 kg each (incl. luggage)
   - 3050 km with 42 passengers at 90 kg each (incl. luggage)

Cost (Preis)
A Price of around 7 million US-Dollars was mentioned in 2000, and in 2002 it was said that the An-140 costs 8,5 million US-Dollars.

Customers (Kunden)
According to reports in August 2002, Antonov has sold around 8 An-140s and hase many options. Known customers are:

Odessa Airlines: 3. The first was delivered in March 2002.
Donetsk Airlines: 1, to be delivered in September 2002 under a leasing arrangement.
Aeromist-Kharkov Airlines: 1. Was delivered in August 2002 under a leasing arrangement from lessor UkrTransLizing.

Competition (Konkurrenz)
ATR 42
Ilyushin Il-114

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The An-140 is an all-new regional airliner design intended as a successor to the An-24 family. Its layout is conventional. Operation from unprepared airfields is possible with low-pressure tyres and the APU in the tail. Good hot and high performace is claimed. InterAMI has developed a new interior with anti-noise panels.
Production is shared by Antonov, Kharkov and Samara plants.
Versions with PW127A engines, and a stretch to 68 seats are possible. Also, a variant with rear loading ramp is considered.

History (Geschichte)
Antonow started design of a new reginal airliner in 1993.
The first An-140 (UK-NTO) was rolled on on 6 June 1997 and flew on 17. September 1997 from Svytoshino airfield in Kiev to Gostomel, for about 1.5 hours. Ukrainian Airlines placed a letter of intent for 40 aircraft. The second flying prototype (UK-NPT) followed on 26 December 1997. At that time, certification was slated for the end of 1998.
In November 1998, Antonow concluded negotiations with the Iranian government for the construction of 80 An-140s at the HESA factory in Esfahan. The aircraft would be configured for passenger services on domestic Iranian routes.
Cold weather trials were conducted in Arkhangelsk (March – May 1999) and in Yakutia (January 2000). As a result of flight tests, the tailplanes got 6 degrees of dihedral and the elevator was changed. By mid-1999, total flight time was around 700 hours in over 600 flights.
The first series-production aircraft built at Kharkov flew on 11 October 1999.
Certification by the GUS Interstate Aviation Agency was achieved on 25 April 2000, after 1040 test flights.
The first Iran-140 made its maiden flight on 7. February 2001. It was produced at the Shakim Shair works in Esfahan from kits supplied by Kharkow. 12 aircraft should be completed by 2004.
The first production aircraft was handed over to Odessa Airlines in March 2002.

Last updated 16 September 2002

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