MOSCOW, Oct. 17 – The An-70 military transport aircraft still has to perform 40 flights to complete joint flight tests, Motor Sich CEO Viacheslav Bohuslayev said.

"We have postponed a final decision on the An-70 aircraft until February 2014. Forty flights remain to be made to complete the tests," Bohuslayev said after a meeting at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

As reported earlier, Ukraine and Russia are to come to an agreement on completion of the joint air trials of the An-70 aircraft by February 2014.