MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti) - Aeroflot, Russia's largest commercial aircraft carrier, announced Thursday that it would announce the winner of a tender for long-haul aircraft in mid-March.
General Director Valery Akulov said the company had finished reviewing bids, and intended to announce the results and sign the contacts simultaneously.
Aeroflot had previously announced the tender to upgrade its fleet from 2009. Worth more than $2.5 billion, France's Airbus with its A-350 aircraft, and America's Boeing with the 787 Dreamliner are competing for the deal.
Meanwhile, Deputy Director Mikhail Poluboyarinov said that the Russian company was expecting a fall in net profits for 2005, adding final last year's corporate results would be discussed by the board in mid-February.
