Russian Civil Aviation: News #3

Austin wrote:(...) If Russia needs to sell its aircraft locally or abroad then it needs to come with good commercial deal and also look at multiple hubs for post buy Support , Spares and Maintenance.

aviation21.ru wrote:In Russian civil aviation, airlines operate aircraft like the B737 and A320 / 321 aircraft in the segment of medium-haul narrow-body aircraft. In the autumn of 2018, the Red Wings of the last of the Russian airlines refused to use domestic Tu-204 aircraft. The company expects the start of deliveries of new Russian airliners MS-21, which will begin in 2020.

MS-21 is made in Irkutsk, where the aircraft plant of the Irkut corporation, after reaching full capacity, will be able to produce up to 70 MS-21 airplanes per year, but according to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, it is possible to increase the production of these aircraft and up to 100 units.

Obviously, under the conditions of continuing sanctions pressure and unpredictability of western "partners", the country's leadership is interested in squeezing foreign aircraft from the Russian market, and first of all it concerns the most common types of aircraft that represent the Airbus and Boeing duopoly.

"In September 2018, the United States imposed new restrictions on trade with Russian companies, including in order to exert pressure on the MS-21 program, in particular, with the Russian company Aerocomposite, which develops and manufactures the so-called black wing, - said Yury Borisov. - The Ministry of Industry and Trade together with PJSC UAC developed a plan of specific measures to replace foreign components and materials used in this aircraft with Russian ones. As a result of these measures, we hope , By 2022 the level of localization will be 97% That is, depending on imports of this aircraft have virtually no ", -. The Vice Premier reported on January 28 at a meeting with Dmitry Medvedev, according to the Cabinet's website.

According to Yury Borisov, according to various estimates, the Russian market for aircraft such as MS-21-300, B737, A320 / 321 is about 850 cars.

"As you know, the business plan at the peak provides for the creation of up to 70 aircraft. But I think that this figure can be higher. My colleagues and I from the Ministry of Industry and Trade consider the possibility, relying even only on the domestic market, for the purpose of domination, there, where we have Boeings and Airbus flying today, we can replace them as quickly as possible. You can reach a volume of about 100 airplanes per year. Only by relying on an internal need, ”said Borisov.

On the same day, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev tweeted that in 2019 about 1.6 billion rubles were allocated for the MS-21 program:

dino00 wrote:Civilian supersonic aircraft can be designed by 2026

   
http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=500778

I once saw a Concord take off from NYJFK in 1988, & it was very noisy, even from Brighton Beach, a few miles away.
The US isn't the only destination.
They could be used to fly to W. Europe, Canada, S. America/Africa, ME, W/E/SE Asia, Australia/NZ, & French Polynesia. Russian businessmen r busy on all continents, except Antactida, & go on vacations there too.

But China and India, by the way the largest markets for airplanes in the next decades.

[ltr]The Kremlin has agreed to restore the airworthiness of Cubana’s fleet of Russian and Ukrainian jets and open a local maintenance and repair center to support the Cuban flag carrier. The sides signed the agreement during an official visit to Havana by Yuri Borisov, the vice premier responsible for Russia’s military-industrial complex. “We have found a proper way out of the [difficult] situation that would see the fleet of the Cuban carriers to be restored into a flightworthy condition,” he proclaimed.[/ltr]
[ltr]Before the signing, Russian specialists assessed the condition of five Ilyushin Il-96-300s, three Tupolev Tu-204s, and six Antonov An-158s supplied to Cubana between 2005 and 2015. A comprehensive plan to put them back into operation specifies the amount of work to be done and the spare parts needed. It also contains a list of technical agreements and contracts meant to set the process in motion. Moscow provides the bulk of funding under Cuba‘s sovereign guarantees.[/ltr]
[ltr]A key attraction to establishing a local MRO center to perform the bulk of work centers on cutting costs through inexpensive Cuban labor. Meanwhile, Moscow and Havana agreed on a plan to increase efficiency within Cuba’s infrastructure through 2030.[/ltr]
[ltr]Early this century, Cubana instituted a major fleet renewal and opened many new routes into Europe and Latin America using the freshly supplied Russian jets. Over the past five years, however, the carrier’s financial burdens mounted, resulting in cash shortages. Cubana ran into difficult times as a result of the political and economic difficulties in Russia and Venezuela, the two cash cows upon which the carrier relied for its expansion. The airline has struggled to meet rental obligations for jets and repay credits taken earlier to renew ground infrastructure amid declining revenues following the May 2018 crash of a Boeing 737-200 it leased from Global Air, resulting in 112 deaths.[/ltr]
[ltr]As of early last year, most of the carriers’ widebody and narrowbody jets await C-checks, which Moscow has agreed to finance. Separately, all six of its Antonov An-158s regional jets have sit grounded due to technical failures and disagreements between the Russian lessor IFC and the manufacturer and key vendors in Ukraine as a result of the recent chill in political relations between Moscow and Kiev.[/ltr]

you men Concorde? due to noise. New supersonic jets will be cheaper BTW Boeing and Airbutt rent working on own versions?

Separately, all six of its Antonov An-158s regional jets have sit grounded due to technical failures and disagreements between the Russian lessor IFC and the manufacturer and key vendors in Ukraine as a result of the recent chill in political relations between Moscow and Kiev

BTW I'd say Ms-21 AND Il-400.

GarryB wrote:

you men Concorde? due to noise. New supersonic jets will be cheaper BTW Boeing and Airbutt rent working on own versions?

When Boeing and Concord were being developed everything was fine... when Concord went into production and Boeing came up with a big fat goose egg the US banned commercial supersonic flight over land in the US... so instead of taking Americans from one side of America to the other and back fast... it was limited to basically crossing the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific ocean... which greatly reduced its appeal to many airlines...

If Boeing had succeeded then it is likely the laws on supersonic flight over land in the US would never have been passed and Boeings and Concords would likely have been sold in reasonable numbers...