The Antonov An-158 large regional jet is expected to have completed all necessary flights in frame of its type certification program by the end of this year and win the certification early next year.

It is likely that the general director of the airline, Eugeny Bachurin, may leave his position before the airline finds a new owner.

The Moscow city government is understood to have made principal decision to sell Moscow Airlines, formerly Atlant-Soyuz.