“Maybe it is better to consider Antonov aircraft as Air Force One?" the Kiev-based company wrote on its website without elaborating on on how much the US government would have to pay for the proposed replacement for the presidential Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
@realDonaldTrump May be it is better to consider #Antonov aircraft as Air Force One?
— Antonov Company 🇺🇦 (@AntonovCompany) 7 декабря 2016 г.
Donald Trump had earlier complained about the $4 billion Boeing had asked to build a new 747 Air Force One for future US presidents and threatened to cancel the order.
In January Boeing was contracted to design a new generation of presidential jets based on their Boeing 747-8 for $3 billion.
Antonov Concern was founded in 2005 as a joint venture with the Kiev-based design bureau of the same name.
Established in Novosibirsk in 1946 as a top-secret Soviet aviation design and research bureau, Antonov was relocated to Kiev in 1952. Among the company's best-known aircraft are the giant An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya cargo planes.
The An-225 is the world's largest airplane, built to carry the Soviet Buran shuttle orbiter.
