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MINSK, 11 November (BelTA) - The Belarusian automobile engineering company Belarusian Autoworks (BelAZ trademark) will ship six aircraft tow tractors to Russia by the end of 2015, BelTA learnt from the press service of the company.

“Today Belarusian aircraft tugs are most popular in the Russian Federation. In 2013-2014 a total of 14 BelAZ-74212 were supplied to the market of the neighboring country. In 2015 we have already shipped four such vehicles to Russia and plan to ship six more by the end of the year,” the press service said.

The company explained that BelAZ-74212 is used for aircraft towing in airports with paved runways at the height of 2000m above the sea level. Airtows are fitted with engines 8424.10 of the Tutaev Motor Plant (312.5kW). These engines coupled with frames made of high-resistance steel make it possible to tow aircraft with the takeoff weight of up to 260 tonnes. “The research and development center of OAO BelAZ has designed a new model of airtow BelAZ-74270 for aircraft with the takeoff weight of up to 600 tonnes,” representatives of the company stressed.

“Among the traditional consumers of BelAZ aircraft tugs is Minsk National Airport and many other airports of the CIS countries. Earlier our airtows were supplied to the German Democratic Republic, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India and Cuba,” the press service said.

Zhodino-based Belarusian Autoworks (BelAZ trademark) was founded in September 1948. In 2010 BelAZ was reincorporated into a public joint stock company (OAO). In September 2012 BelAZ became the managing company of BelAZ Holding. BelAZ is the world’s top manufacturer of mine dump trucks with a large carrying capacity and an extremely large carrying capacity as well as other heavy transport equipment used by the mining industry and the civil engineering industry.