Russia Plans To Open Helicopter Maintenance Center In Venezuela This Year - Manufacturer

Russia Plans to Open Helicopter Maintenance Center in Venezuela This Year - Manufacturer

Creation of a helicopter maintenance center in Venezuela is expected to be finished this year, Russian Helicopters Deputy CEO Igor Chechikov said Tuesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd April, 2019) Creation of a helicopter maintenance center in Venezuela is expected to be finished this year, Russian Helicopters Deputy CEO Igor Chechikov said Tuesday.

The center was previously scheduled to open in 2018.

"Nearly all necessary equipment has been already delivered to the country. Our experts are there now. Assembling and installing is now underway. We hope that work [on building the center] will be concluded this year," the official told reporters.

�Russia has sold over 50 Mi-family choppers to Venezuela over the past ten years.