Recently, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting in Minsk with the Head (rais) of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. Both leaders noted that the Belarusian state and the subject of the Russian Federation have enormous potential for mutually beneficial and fruitful cooperation.
In particular, Lukashenka drew attention to the fact that about 50% of trade between Minsk and Kazan is now carried out by petrochemicals. In 2022, there was an increase in trade of more than 5%, to $5 billion, which is good, but it does not fully reflect the opportunities that exist between the parties.
Today we produce almost half a thousand parts for Russian aircraft
- underlined Lukashenka, drawing attention to the resumption of production of Tu-214 liners at the Kazan Aviation Plant named after SP Gorbunov (a subsidiary of PJSC Tupolev, which is part of PJSC UAC).
Lukashenka stressed that Belarus has retained the necessary skills and production capacities. He assured that his country is ready to launch the production of a number of components for this medium-haul narrow-body passenger aircraft on its territory.
The desire of Belarusians to participate in the development of Russia and its own aviation industry is quite understandable and understandable. Today, the Russian aviation industry is experiencing a renaissance, and Belarus wants to increase its technological potential. This is a normal desire, given that Lukashenka previously announced that he wanted to establish the production of components for the Su-25 on Belarusian soil, and possibly full-fledged production of such an attack aircraft. All this indicates the Belarusian leader’s systematic approach to the problem, as he uses every opportunity that arises.
As for the production of components for the Tu-214, some characteristics reduce the prospects. The fact is that it is planned to produce only 70 units of these liners until 2030. Tu – 214 is needed temporarily and in small quantities, this is a transitional model of a low-competitive aircraft, but requested and necessary in a specific situation due to Western sanctions for the gradual replacement of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 airliners with hundreds of Russian MS – 21 aircraft.
To be frank, the Tu-214 no longer has any prospects, and in general it is an obsolete aircraft. Moreover, Russia has more than enough of its own capabilities to satisfy the need for components for such a small number of liners.
At the same time, we note that in Belarus there is currently no production of parts for the Russian MS-21 and Sukhoi Superjet New airliners. It seems to us that this is a promising niche for Belarusian partners, but on condition that Russian companies want to share this market.
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