KIEV, March 20 ??“ Antonov Corp, Ukraine??™s aircraft maker, is set to deliver two AN-70 military transport planes to the Defense Ministry in 2008 in line with the schedule, a company official said Monday.

The delivery of the planes will probably spur demand for the aircraft from other potential customers around the world, Oleh Shevchenko, director general of Aviant, a Kiev-based subsidiary of Antonov.