As reported by the Algerian resource www.menadefense.net On the morning of May 21, 2023, the first amphibious aircraft Be-200CHS (Be-200ES) delivered to Algeria, built by PJSC Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev, took off from Russia to Algeria PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation" in Taganrog. The aircraft with the Algerian registration number 7T-VPV and tail number "626" (serial number 03-13) made an intermediate landing in Tunisia on the same day and then arrived in Algeria.
The first Be-200ChS amphibious aircraft delivered to Algeria (Be-200ES, Algerian registration number 7T-VPV, tail number "626", serial number 03-13), built by PJSC Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev (TANTK) PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation", during an intermediate landing in Tunisia during a flight to Algeria, 05/21/2023 (c) kimo dial @kmldial70The contract for the construction of four Be-200ChS aircraft in export execution (Be-200ES) for the Ministry of National Defense of Algeria was apparently concluded in 2021, and may include an option for two more aircraft.
In August 2021, the Ministry of National Defense of Algeria officially announced that, pursuant to the instructions of Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboun, it entered into negotiations with manufacturers of fire-fighting aircraft and opted for the Russian Be-200 aircraft.
The first Be-200ChS aircraft in export execution (serial number 03-13), manufactured for Algeria, was initially the first of two Be-200ChS aircraft ordered under a contract signed in December 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations with TANTK worth 5.7 billion rubles for the manufacture and supply of two more Be-200ChS amphibious aircraft, with delivery up to December 1, 2022. Under this contract, the construction of aircraft with serial numbers 03-13 and 03-14 was started at TANTK, but then the first of them was completed for Algeria. The second plane, ordered for the Ministry of Emergency Situations, has not yet been completed.
The first Be-200ChS (Be-200ES) aircraft for Algeria with the Algerian registration number 7T-VPV (serial number 03-13) was pumped out to TANTK in December 2022 and made its first flight in Taganrog on February 28, 2023. It has now been transferred to Algeria.
The second aircraft for Algeria with the factory number 03-12 is also being built at TANTK. According to the Algerian resource, the second aircraft should be delivered by the end of the year, then two more should be transferred in 2024. The option for two additional aircraft is still under negotiation.
The first Be-200ChS (Be-200ES) aircraft built for Algeria became the 19th manufactured aircraft of the Be-200 family. Before that, 18 Be-200 aircraft were built, including two flight prototypes at the TANTK (Be-200 in 1998 and Be-200ChS in 2002), seven serial Be-200ChS at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (commissioned from 2003 to 2011), of which six were delivered to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and one is for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, and nine serial Be-200s for TANTK, including six Be-200S for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (commissioned from 2016 to 2018) and three Be-200s (one Be-200S and two Be-200PS) for the Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy ( commissioned in 2020-2021).
The Algerian contract was actually the first export contract for Be-200 aircraft to be implemented, except for the transfer of one aircraft in 2007 to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan. In June 2017, a contract was also signed for the supply of two Be-200s (with an option for two more) with the Chinese company Leader Energy Aircraft Manufacturing Co. Ltd., with the start of deliveries to it in 2018, but in the end this contract was never implemented.
The first Be-200ChS amphibious aircraft delivered to Algeria (Be-200ES, Algerian registration number 7T-VPV, tail number "626", serial number 03-13), built by PJSC Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev (TANTK) PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation", during an intermediate landing in Tunisia during a flight to Algeria, 05/21/2023 (c) kimo dial @kmldial70
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The first built PJSC "Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Beriev" (TANTK) PJSC United Aircraft Corporation for Algeria amphibious aircraft Be-200ChS (Be-200ES, Algerian registration number 7T-VPV, tail number "626", serial number 03-13) during sea trials at the end of April 2023 (c) AviaNews Telegram channel
