The aircraft was built for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The ceremony was attended by the chairman of the Samara Regional Duma Viktor Sazonov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology of Samara region, Oleg Zhadayev, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Samara region Valery Fomichev. Customer representatives and guests of the aircraft demonstrated Director Business Aviation JSC "Russian Machines" Sergey Likharev and CEO of "Aviakor" Alexei Gusev.

This is the third plane built under a contract with the Ministry of Defence will be operated in an air group of the Navy of the Russian Federation. Took the side of the customer, Colonel Alexander Cherkashin said that the aircraft is superior to the existing Navy aircraft models of their flight and technical characteristics, including passenger capacity and range, and more efficiently to solve problems facing the Navy task.

Aero Technik is involved in picking the type of aircraft, supplying aircraft emergency oxygen equipment and elements of air-conditioning the passenger compartment.

Next An-140, built under contract with the Ministry of Defence "Aviakor" plans to transfer to the customer in February 2013.