Borisov did not rule out the dismantling of foreign aircraft to continue flights

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, foreign aircraft can be dismantled as the fleet degrades. Earlier he said

Part of the foreign fleet in Russia can be dismantled for spare parts as the fleet degrades. This was announced at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov (who oversees industry in the government).

“Apparently, we may even agree that as the fleet degrades, spare parts will be removed, and this must be foreseen, but the calculations of the Ministry of Transport show that we will live on the operation of this fleet for five years,” he said.

He also did not rule out that the regime of Western sanctions against Russia could last more than ten years. “I have no illusions that after the end of hostilities, all sanctions will be lifted immediately . It is nonsense. This is not for a year, not for two, but maybe for ten or more years," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

The court arrested the person responsible for the purchase of aircraft in Aeroflot Business

Since the end of February, Great Britain, the USA , the European Union and other countries have introduced restrictions on the flights of Russian airlines. The EU also imposed a ban on the export to Russia of goods and technologies used in the aviation and space sectors, as well as a ban on insurance and maintenance of goods related to these industries.

The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has temporarily stopped maintenance and support of Russian airlines and the supply of spare parts to them. Following him, similar measures were taken by the European manufacturer Airbus.

According to the Ministry of Transport, as of mid-March, out of 1,367 aircraft of Russian airlines, 739 were registered in foreign registries. The head of the ministry, Vitaly Savelyev, said earlier that 78, or about 10% of all foreign aircraft in the country, were arrested abroad.

In mid-March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the possibility of registering rights to foreign aircraft leased by Russian companies, which will allow airlines to maintain a fleet of foreign aircraft and use them on domestic routes.

At the end of April, Kommersant, citing sources in the Ministry of Transport, AEVT and two airlines, wrote that, according to the negative scenario of the program for the development of the Russian air transport industry until 2030, from the second half of 2022, the fleet of foreign aircraft in the country will spare parts will ensure the airworthiness of the fleet remaining in operation. According to the newspaper's source in the Ministry of Transport, from half to two thirds of foreign aircraft are under the threat of dismantling.

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Bloomberg at the end of May reported that stocks of spare parts for aircraft of Russian airlines would last for three months.

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Russia currently does not produce 100% localized aircraft. Regional Superjet 100s fly on Russian-French engines, and new mainline MS-21s with PD-14 engines are still undergoing certification. Borisov previously said that it would take 3-5 years to organize mass production of Russian aircraft of various classes "in the right quantity".

“During this time, we should use our chance to massively increase the production of the MS-21, Superjet New and Tu-214 models in order to saturate the market with various types of short-haul and long-haul aircraft,” he said. - To this we still need to add the IL-96. So that all transportation is carried out on our domestic aircraft.”