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Antonov AN-178 Proposed Price Range

Your Antonov AN-178 proposed price range of $40-$70 million is incorrect. Antonov AN-178 is a cargo version of Antonov AN-158 and will sell in the same price range $25-$35 million. The source you have used to quote price range is obscure and incorrect. Please refer to http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video-2/new-aircraft-unveiled-in-kyiv-unique-an-178-cargo-plane-presented-to-public-video-386430.html or to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-148 Wikipedia page on Antonov AN-148/158 price range. The price range you have quoted is related to Antonov AN-70, a much bigger STOL cargo model. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.239.1 (talk) 04:21, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Ahunt (talk) 12:04, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

AN-178 is a modification of AN-158 and AN-148 aircraft, so it cannot cost the same price. The price of AN-178 is $40-$70 million depending on a trim level. Ministry of the Interior of Peru has purchased this aircraft for $65 million https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/607584.html#:~:text=%22According%20to%20a%20comparative%20assessment,Antonova%20said%20in%20a%20statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariia Shevchenko (talk • contribs) 13:19, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Language

With a number of citations, you can clearly tell that they are in a Cyrillic alphabet language, but it is not specified whether it's Russian or Ukrainian. It ought to specify.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 02:15, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, looking more closely, i only see one citation (the first one) where it fails to specify whether it's Russian or Ukrainian. However, another source looks to be in Danish. I suggest labeling that for language.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 02:19, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Saudi order

The lead states that Saudi Arabia ordered 30 of these aircraft in 2015. From some Googling, while there are some 2015 stories stating this (with some stories indicating that the order was only tentative), there seem to be no further developments since. Given that it's not uncommon for orders of military equipment from Arab states to fall through (especially for equipment types under development at the time of order) and this probably-unreliable site says the order was cancelled, does the Saudi order still stand? Nick-D (talk) 11:34, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That source looks like all we have and is likely correct. New orders often get subjected to a big press release, but hardly any manufacturers or armed forces issue press releases when orders are cancelled, oten it is a quiet affair, so lacking any other sources or deliveries, we can probably just remove that. Just speculating here, but that order was probably just a political move to get a reaction (a wince, if you like) and a better price on the real aircraft that they wanted to buy for the role, which is probably not Russian equipment. - Ahunt (talk) 11:44, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The article later states that this was actually only a letter of intent, so I've removed this from the lead. Nick-D (talk) 23:17, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]