Antonov An-148

Antonov An-148
Antonov An-148 at the 2007 Paris Air Show
Type:	Twin-engine regional airliner
Design country:	Ukraine
Manufacturer:	Seriniy Zavod Antonov / Voronezh Aircraft Plant ( OAK Voronezh )
First flight:	December 17, 2004
Commissioning:	June 2, 2009
Production time:	Since February 2009
Number of pieces:	47

The Antonov An-148 is a twin- engine regional airliner that was developed by the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonow and serves as the basis for the An-148 family (An-148, An-158, An-168, An-178).

history

The development of the type began in 2001 with the aim of developing a modern and economical regional aircraft as a replacement for the outdated Tupolev Tu-134 and Yakovlev Jak-42 aircraft types that still came from the Soviet Union . The Antonov An-74 TK-300 served as the basis for the design . The original designation was Antonov An-74-400, later it became Antonow An-174, before the final designation An-148 was decided. The first flight of the prototype took place on December 17, 2004. It was approved by the Ukrainian authorities and the Intergovernmental Aviation Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on February 26, 2007. A first letter of intent was signed by Volga-Dnepr Airlines in October 2002 . Further orders followed, including from Aerosvit .

Series production was supposed to start in 2007, but was postponed until mid-2009. The An-148 was initially manufactured both in Kiev near Aviant (Serinij Sawod Antonow, Antonov's department responsible for series production) and in the Voronezh aircraft factory in Russia, which is part of OAK . AeroSvit had ordered 10 copies of the type and took over one of the two pre-series machines in March 2009. On July 28, 2009 the demonstration of the first production aircraft to potential customers took place in Voronezh . In the meantime, series production at VASO in Voronezh had started. On December 21, 2009, the initial customer Rossija started regular service with the model. Since the beginning of 2012, Rossija has been using the An-148 on the St. Petersburg – Vienna route.

On April 28, 2010, the extended version An-158 had its maiden flight. By November 2013, 20 orders had been placed for this machine. Cubana is currently the only airline to use this type.

After altitude tests with the An-158 were completed on November 21, 2013 at the airports of Latakunga ( 2800  m ) in Ecuador and La Paz ( 4000  m ) in Bolivia , a type certificate is being prepared.

On December 26, 2019, the pre-series machine, serial number 01-01, registration UR-NTA, was auctioned. The starting price was US $ 7.4 million. No further information is known.

Cooperation and break with Russia

In 2012, Russia’s parent company Aeroflot declared that it did not want to convert the 6 existing options on this type of aircraft.

Antonov left the Ukrainian-Russian joint venture UAC-Antonov in 2015 .

In April 2015, Rossija suspended all flights with its six An-148W due to the lack of economic efficiency of the aircraft type and insufficient support from the engine manufacturer.

The last machine built in Voronezh made its maiden flight there on October 17, 2018 and is intended for the Russian air force. With 35 copies, more were built in Voronezh than at Antonov in the Ukraine.

In July 2018, Antonov and the Boeing subsidiary Aviall signed an agreement on the An-1X8-Next program. After the end of its cooperation with Russia, the American company should enable the construction of revised versions of the An-148, An-158 and An-178.

Construction and technology

The Antonov An-148 is a shoulder wing , the two turbofan engines of the type Progress D-436 is driven. The tail unit is designed as a T-tail unit. The robust design enables the aircraft to operate without problems even from airports with unpaved runways or airports with poor facilities. The machine has an APU and an air-conditioned pressurized cabin . This can accommodate up to five passengers per row, with a maximum of 92 passengers. The design and structure of the wings and the fuselage borrow from the Antonov An-72 transport aircraft . The An-148 has a glass cockpit and a fly-by-wire control.

Versions

An-158 at the MAKS 2011

The An-148-100A is the basic version for 80 passengers with a range of up to 2,200 km. With the larger seat pitch for a total of 75 passengers and the additional fuel tanks of the An-148-100W, the range increases to up to 3,600 km; this can also be increased to 4400 km with version E. The EA version is designed in a three-class layout with a VIP lounge. A maximum of 89 passengers can be carried (92 for the An-148-201, smallest row spacing, 28 inches). A freight version as the An-148S-100 (with a cargo hatch on the side) or as an An-148T (with a rear ramp) is also available.

An extended version, the (former) An-148-200, for up to 99 passengers, was presented as the An-158 after its maiden flight on April 28, 2010 . Visually, it can be distinguished from the An-148 not only by its dimensions with a 1.7 m extended cabin, but also by the winglets . The aerodynamically revised wings are supposed to reduce fuel consumption by nine percent compared to the An-148. In the meantime, the names of the versions have changed. The above An-148-200, from which the An-158 emerged, is now known as An-158-100, while the versions An-148-100A, W and E are currently known as An-148-201A, W and E (incl . different passenger capacities and ranges).

The An-168 (An-168ABJ, Antonow Business Jet) or An-148VIP, which is based on the long-haul version An-148-300, was also designed. The An-168 differs from the basic model An-148-100 in:

• the installation of an additional fuel tank with a capacity of 470 kg, which increases the range to up to 7000 km with 8-12 passengers - layout "Elite", approx. 6600 km with 18 passengers and approx. 5300 km with 38 passengers as " Corporate Shuttle ",
• the installation of winglets at the ends of the wings,
• the use of composite materials to reduce weight,
• the installation of a front camera, a high-speed internet access system and a DVD / CD system. Antonov stated the need for around 50 copies.

The Russian Civil Protection Ministry is using two An-148-100EMs as Air MedEvac versions. In addition to 14 seats, 8 intensive care beds or 24 loungers can be fitted.

A variant designed for the transport of 2 standard sea ​​containers weighing up to 15 tons was presented in 2010 as the An-178 . The aircraft has an enlarged fuselage cross-section and a tail ramp. On May 7, 2015, the first prototype completed its maiden flight.

Iran plans to license the An-148; this was announced in May 2009.

In 2013, the long-range variant was 148-300 An-planned, armed based maritime patrol aircraft - / patrol version as An-148-300 MP presented with a range of up to 7,000 kilometers or a 10 hours of operation in the area of operations. An AWACS version (An-148-300DRLV) is being designed for the Ukrainian armed forces and export. There are also considerations for an ISR version (An-148-300ISR) and an EW version (An-148-300EW).

The price for an An-148 or An-158 is - depending on the version - between 24 and 30 million US $.

Fleet / orders

Antonov An-148W

Country	total	airline	active	ordered	Remarks
Russia	33	Air Force	15th		Delivery of the last aircraft from OAK Voronezh 2018
		Saratov Airlines	5		formerly 6 - 1 loss due to an aircraft accident on February 11, 2018, by Dec 2018 3 An-148 were returned to Ilyushin Finance Co. for another, as yet unknown, airline
		SLO Rossija / EMERCOM / FSB	8th	1
		Angara Airlines	5		2 taken over by the insolvent Polet Airlines
Iran		HESA		50	License construction (referred to as IrAn-148)
Ukraine	4th
		Antonov Airlines	3	7th	including 1 An-158 ( UR-NTN )
		South Airlines		6th	Flight operations ceased in 2013
		Ilyich Avia		2
		Ministry of Defense	1	3
Cuba	6th	Cubana	6th		An-158 (currently in storage)
Iraq		Ministry of Defense		4th
Syria		Syrian Air		10	An-148 and An-158 (delivery frozen)
North Korea	2	Air Koryo	2
Bolivia		Boliviana de Aviación		1
total	45

Incidents

• On March 5, 2011, an An-148 ( aircraft registration number 61708 ) took off from Voronezh on a test flight with six people on board, two of whom were members of the Myanmar Air Force , for which the machine was intended. It crashed over Belgorod Oblast , killing all six occupants (see also flight accident of an Antonov An-148 in 2011 ) .

• On February 11, 2018, the An-148-100W (RA-61704) crashed on the way from Moscow ( Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME)) to Orsk (OSW) shortly after take-off near the suburb of Ramenskoye . All 71 people on board, including 65 passengers and 6 crew members, were killed. The cause was the failure to switch on the heating of the altitude and speed sensors, whereupon they iced up and incorrect displays appeared in the cockpit (see also Saratov Airlines flight 703 ) .

Technical specifications

Parameter	An-148A	An-148B	An-148E	An-148EA	An-148EM	An-148VIP / An-168	An-158A	An-158W
length	29.13 m						31.63 m
span	28.91 m
height	8.02 m
Top speed	870 km / h
Range	2,200 km	3,600 km	4,400 km	4,800 km	4,700 km	5,300-7,000 km	2,200 km	3,500 km
Service ceiling	12,200 m
Passengers	75-92			5/12/20	14/8 or 24	8-40	99-102
Cockpit crew	2
Runway length	1560 to 1885 m
Kerosene consumption per hour	1550 to 1650 kg
drive	2 Progress-D-436-148 - turbofan engines
The suffix “B” in An-148B is written and read in Cyrillic as “W”

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Antonov An-148  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Manufacturer site (English)
• Antonov An-148 / An-158 Production List. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved February 12, 2018 . 
• An-148 / An-158 Family Overview . (English)
• An-148/158 presentation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russia's UAC to invest $ 160 mln in An-148 manufacturer. sputniknews.com, July 28, 2009, accessed February 12, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Антонов Ан-148. In: russianplanes.net. Retrieved November 2, 2018 (Russian). 
3. ↑ ANTONOV Serial Plant. (No longer available online.) Archive.is, 2013, archived from the original on April 10, 2013 ; accessed on February 12, 2018 (English). 
4. ^ Presentation of the first series aircraft of the AN-148 in Voronezh RIA Novosti , July 28, 2009.
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6. ^ First Antonov An-148 takes up line service . In: Flight Revue . December 28, 2009.
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8. ^ Flight International . November 26, 2013; P. 53.
9. ↑ ANTONOV − 158 completed tests in high mountains ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Первый в мире самолет Ан-148 пустят с молотка. Retrieved December 23, 2019 (Russian). 
11. ↑ Laura Frommberg: Aeroflot no longer wants An-148 . In: Aerotelegraph . 23rd August 2012.
12. ^ Ukraine's Antonov breaks ties with Russia. economics.unian.info, September 14, 2015, accessed on February 12, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Rossiya decommissioned AN-148 . In: Austrian Wings . April 13, 2015.
14. ↑ Luftfahrt Journal, November / December 2018, p. 17.
15. ↑ Daughter Aviall: Boeing wants to help Antonov on his feet. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. July 31, 2018, accessed on December 23, 2019 (Swiss Standard German). 
16. ↑ Ггрузовой самолет с боковой грузовой дверью ан-148с-100. Retrieved March 13, 2018 (Russian). 
17. ↑ Транспортный самолет Ан-148Т. Retrieved March 13, 2018 (Russian). 
18. ↑ FliegerRevue June 2010; P. 6; First flight of the An-158.
19. ↑ AN-148-201. Retrieved December 22, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Ан-148: Перспективы развития продукта. Retrieved March 30, 2018 (Russian). 
21. ^ Antonov An-168. Photos, history and characteristics of the aircraft. Retrieved March 30, 2018 . 
22. ↑ RA-61715
23. ↑ RA-61717
24. ↑ Antonov An-178 takes off at first flight . In: Flugrevue.de . May 8, 2015.
25. ↑ Iran to build An-148 jet airliner . In: PressTv.ir . May 13, 2009. (English)
26. ^ Antonov to produce new airborne early warning and control aircraft for Ukrainian Air Force. (No longer available online.) Archive.is, May 8, 2017, archived from the original on May 8, 2017 ; accessed on March 10, 2018 (English). 
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28. ↑ An-148-300MP Maritime Patrol Aircraft. In: naval-technology.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018 . 
29. ↑ Регионљњй реактивный Самолет Ан-148. bastion-karpenko.ru, February 12, 2018, accessed March 10, 2018 (Russian). 
30. ↑ В 2010 году поставки Ан-148 сократят на треть. In: lenta.ru. April 2, 2010, Retrieved November 2, 2018 (Russian). 
31. ↑ Cubana de Aviacion получает третий Ан-158. In: Авиатранспортное обозрение. August 29, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2018 (Russian). 
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33. ↑ "Саратовские авиалинии" вернули еще один Ан-148 лизингодателю. December 21, 2018, accessed December 26, 2019 (Russian). 
34. ↑ Iran to buy 50 An-148 airliners from Ukraine , RIA Novosti, October 31, 2008
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36. ↑ Коммерческая эксплуатация Ан-158 приостановлена. May 15, 2018, Retrieved December 26, 2019 (Russian). 
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39. ↑ Bolivia plans to buy large arms from Russia , RIA Novosti, August 5, 2008
40. ↑ Под Воронежем потерпел катастрофу Ан-148, проданный ВВС Мьянмы. In: Газета.Ru. www.gazeta.ru, March 5, 2011, accessed February 11, 2018 (Russian). 
41. ↑ accident report AN-148 61708 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 August 2018th
42. ↑ 71 people on board: plane apparently crashed near Moscow. In: Sputnik Germany . de.sputniknews.com, accessed February 11, 2018 . 
43. ↑ Flight International, February 20, 2018 (English), first accident report, p. 7.
44. ^ Accident report AN-148 RA-61704 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 26, 2018.
45. ↑ AN-148-201 Regional Passenger Aircraft manufacturer 's website . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
46. ↑ Antonov-148 / -158 Family PDF brochure from the manufacturer. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
47. ↑ Antonov AN-148/158 fleet overview of a Russian leasing company. Retrieved November 6, 2019.