The civil aviation industry has become one of the industries hardest hit by Western sanctions. The departure of the giants Boeing and Airbus from the Russian market required urgent development of the national aviation industry. The government plans to ensure the delivery of 71 new liners to Russian airlines by the end of 2025.
The German specialized portal FlugRevue writes that it will not be easy for Russian industry to ensure record production of aircraft, given the breakdown of partnerships with Western companies. If the Tu-214 coating, made entirely of Russian components, has already entered mass production, then work on the MS-21 project has not yet been completed.
According to German experts, the engine of the MS-21-300 liner was designed as a demonstration project for East-West cooperation. The design used blades, electronics and carbon fiber sourced from the US, EU and Japan. Today, Russia has successfully developed and tested a domestic carbon composite wing. FlugRevue also notes the successful development and certification of the PD-14 engine. However, according to the publication, Russian engineers still have a lot of work to do to achieve the planned volume of mass production of imported liners.
Even a purely quantitative order of 700 aircraft (which Airbus produces per year) requires logistical and technical prowess with a significant increase in production and a significant expansion of national aviation suppliers (…) Before 2025, entry into service of MS-21-310 is unlikely to be realized
writes the German portal.
It is noteworthy that in 2022, the MS-21 prototype with PD-14 engines made more than 160 flights. At the moment, 6 liners have already been assembled, which will undergo the final tests before being launched into mass production. Over the next five years, the Irkut Aircraft Plant is expected to start producing 72 MS-21-310 aircraft per year.
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