Under the contract, Rostelekh's "Aviapakapital-Service" (part of Rostekh) will provide Aeroflot with 50 new generation passenger vessels. The amount of leasing payments and maintenance reserves will be more than $ 5 billion. As noted in the press service of Aeroflot, the historic contract will allow the airline to become the largest domestic tenant of the most modern aircraft of Russian production. Airliners for the airline will have a capacity for 169 passengers: 16 business-class seats and 153 economy class. The first 25 aircraft will be delivered with foreign engines, the rest - with the right to choose the Russian engine PD-14. At the moment PD-14 is being tested. According to Vitaly Saveliev, General Director of PJSC Aeroflot, signing the contract will be a historic step for the national aviation. "Russia has created the first trunk airplane of the new generation. This is evidence of Russia's return to the status of a great aviation power, "Saveliev said.. He added that taking into account the geopolitical situation, competitive domestic technology is urgently needed.