KIEV, Aug. 27 – The rollout of the An-148 aircraft should be gradual, according to Ukraine International Airlines President Yuriy Miroshnikov.

"As for flights, we believe that first, the aircraft should operate on domestic flights, even from these considerations that it's easier to organize the repair of a new aircraft in Ukraine than abroad, if it is damaged," he told Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that the range of the Àn-148 would allow it to fly from Kiev to Lviv, from Kiev to Simferopol, from Kiev to Odessa and Kharkiv.