Aircraft
Kremlin Steps Up Domestic Aircraft Output As Sanctions Bite
The Russian government this week ordered the country's aerospace groups to increase production of civil aircraft to an additional 1,000 units by 2030.
Ilyushin's Il-114 turboprop regional airliner is one of several Russian-made aircraft for which production rates are being increased. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
Ilyushin's Il-114 turboprop regional airliner is one of several Russian-made aircraft for which production rates are being increased. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Russia’s ministry for industry and trade has issued a revised plan calling for the production of 1,000 aircraft by domestic manufacturers through 2030. The policy, which is part of a coordinated Kremlin effort to counter disruption to the country’s air transport sector from Western sanctions barring imported aircraft and parts, calls for 564 “major passenger types” with the following breakdown: 12 Ilyushin Il-96-300 widebodies, 270 of the new MC21-310 and 70 Tupolev Tu-214 narrowbody jetliners, 142 of Sukhoi’s new version of the SSJ-100s and 70 Il-114-300 regional turboprops. For operators flying shorter routes, Russian manufacturers have also been instructed to produce more of the Ladoga, L-410, and Baikal commuter turboprop types.