Russia Volga-Dnepr signs $1.4 bln deal with Boeing

MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) - Russian air cargo company Volga-Dnepr has signed a $1.4 billion deal with U.S. Boeing (BA.N) for five new 747-8 Freighter cargo planes to be delivered in 2010-2013, the Russian company said on Monday.

The firm's president Alexei Isaikin told reporters Volga-Dnepr also had an option to buy five more planes and added the deal was the biggest ever in the history of the Russian civil aviation.

((Reporting by Anton Doroshev, writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov, Editing by Julie Tolkacheva; Moscow Newsroom, + 7 495 775 12 42, dmitri.zhdannikov@reuters.com)) Keywords: BOEING RUSSIA/DEAL

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