OREANDA-NEWS. Endurance of PS-90A engine (manufacturer - OJSC "Perm Engine Company", developer - OJSC "Aviadvigatel") exceeded ten thousand hours. This is the first engine of PS-90A family to reach such a result in operation.

"Record-holder" engine was manufactured in December 2005, and in January 2006 it was mounted on the wing of Il-76TD-90 aircraft belonging to Azerbaijan airfreight company "Silk Way Airlines". At the present time power plant is still being operated.

Achievement of such results is the evidence for reliability and high quality of Perm engines. Management of "Silk Way Airlines" repeatedly noted that PS-90А-76 engines prove themselves to operate excellently in high temperatures, limited takeoff area and highland conditions, and their compliance with up-to-date ICAO noise and contaminants emission requirements enables liners with Perm engine to fly anywhere in the world without limitations.

Today "Silk Way Airlines" has two Il-76TD-90 transport aircrafts with PS-90А-76 engines manufactured in Perm. In 2011 this airline was acknowledged as the best operator of PS-90A type engines.