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Ukraine is planning to buy flight simulators to train pilots of Boeing and Airbus aircraft, Ukrainian Vice Premier and Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov has said.

"The state-run Antonov Plant developed a top-level flight simulator for the pilots of the An-148 aircraft. Ukrainians pilots are training on it. The state is also planning to purchase flight simulators for pilots of Boeing and Airbus aircraft. We are working on the issue," the press service of the Infrastructure Ministry cited Kolesnikov as saying.

According to him, in September the ministry will hold a panel discussion on the important issues of the sphere with the participation of the rectors of the country’s aviation universities.