'''''A''''' on luksusklassi [[mootorjaht]]<!-- [[:mootorlaev]] ? -->. Laeva kavandasid [[Philippe Starck]] ja Martin Francis,<ref name="starck">{{Cite web | url = http://www.starck.com/en/design/categories/vehicles/boats.html#motor_yacht_a | title = Motor Yacht A | publisher = starck.com | date = | accessdate = 12.03.2013 }}</ref><ref name="mf-interview2007">{{Cite web | url = http://www.showmanagement.com/yachts_magazine/articles/38 | author = Grace Trofa | title = On the 'A' list - Designer Martin Francis | work = Yachts International | date=august 2008 | accessdate = 12.03.2013 }}</ref> jaht ehitati valmis [[Blohm+Voss|Blohm+Vossi]]i poolt [[HDW]]<!-- Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft --> laevatehases [[Saksamaa]]l [[Kiel]]is.<ref name="syt76"/><ref name="100largest">{{Cite web | url = http://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-register/top-100-largest-yachts/?pg=2 | title = Top 100 Largest Yachts | publisher = BoatInternational.com | date = 16.12.2010 | accessdate = 12.03.2013 }}</ref> Laev telliti 2004. aasta novembris ja anti tellijale üle 2008. aastal. Jahi väidetav maksumus oli 300 miljonit dollarit.<ref name="wsj-revealed">{{Cite web | url = http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/07/17/the-300-million-mystery-yacht-revealed/ | title = The $300 Million Mystery Yacht Revealed | author = Robert Frank | work = Wall Street Journal | date = 17.07.2008 | accessdate = 12.03.2013 }}</ref><ref name="pmy2008">{{Cite web | url = http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/world%E2%80%99s-100-largest-yachts-2008-6 | title = World's 100 Largest Yachts 2008 #6: A | author = Diane M. Byrne | work = Power & Motoryacht magazine | date=august 2008 | accessdate = 12.03.2013 }}</ref>
Jaht on saanud nime selle esialgsete omanike, Andrei ja Aleksandra Melnitšenko, eesnime esitähe järgi.
