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 MOSCOW (AP) - Talks on a multibillion-dollar deal for Russian state flag carrier Aeroflot to buy 22 Boeing 787s are on hold, and frosty relations between Russia and the United States could be to blame, a Russian airline official said Thursday.
Aeroflot management last year asked the government — the company's controlling shareholder — to approve a deal to upgrade its long-range fleet by buying 22 Boeing 787s and an equal number of Airbus A350s. Chief Executive Valery Okulov said later that no permission had been received and a deadline for the deal had been missed, though a Boeing spokeswoman said talks were continuing.
Aviation analysts have valued the Boeing order at $2.5 billion.
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