Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) Chief Executive Officer Vitaly Saveliev says his airline is trying to cancel an order for twenty-two B787-8s placed with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) in 2007.

According to Kommersant, Saveliev told Rossiya 24 television that Aeroflot no longer needs the aircraft in a slowing market adding that the US manufacturer had failed to deliver them on time. Though Aeroflot announced in July that it was cancelling its B787 order, Boeing later said it had never received any official notification to that effect.

Saveliev went on to add that Aeroflot is now considering taking over thirty-four aircraft from Transaero Airlines (Moscow Vnukovo). Aeroflot is currently in talks with lessors and Transaero's largest creditors Russian banks VTB, VEB and Sberbank, he said.

Talks with Sberbank pertain to four B747-400s and ten B737-800s while those with VEB and VTB Leasing pertain to the remaining five B747-400s, B777s (of which Transaero operates six B777-200(ER)s and four B777-300s), and B767s (of which Transaero operates nine B767-300(ER)s and two B767-200(ER)s).

Should Transaero eventually go under, the CEO said Aeroflot may gain access to up to fifty-seven international routes though this is dependent on the Russian government. Red Wings Airlines (WZ, Moscow Domodedovo) and other carriers have also expressed an interest in taking over some of Transaero's network.