Angara Airlines (AGU, Irkutsk International) has delayed until 2015 a decision on whether or not to exercise options on five additional An-148-100s. The domestic Russian carrier currently operates three of the type with an additional two of the previously contracted five airframes due before year-end.

According to AEX.ru, the decision to delay the arrivals hinged on several factors namely: market conditions, the status of production at the Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company, the price of the aircraft and the possibility of obtaining federal grants.

The Antonov An-148 is a regional jet aircraft designed by Ukraine's Antonov Design Bureau (Gostomel) and produced by Ukraine's Kiev Aviation Plant AVIANT and Russia's Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO).