KYIV, Aug 2 – Ukraine’s aircraft producer Antonov on Thursday downplayed reports of its cooperation agreement with a Boeing subsidiary for design and production of a next generation regional jet.

Boeing’s Aviall Services, Inc. is supposed to supply certain components while Antonov will be designing and building the next generation of An-148, An-158 and An-178 regional jets.

Antonov and Aviall signed the agreement in July at Farnborough 2018 air show in London.