RUBAA Courts Controversy Over Large Bizjet Tax
Russian United Business Aviation Association officials said that Russian import taxes on larger business jets should be retained. Seen here at a Jet Expo press conference (left to right): RUBAA vice president Eugeny Bakhtin, executive director Anna Seryezhkina, president Valery Ochirov, and chairman Alexander Kuleshov. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
Russian United Business Aviation Association officials said that Russian import taxes on larger business jets should be retained. Seen here at a Jet Expo press conference (left to right): RUBAA vice president Eugeny Bakhtin, executive director Anna Seryezhkina, president Valery Ochirov, and chairman Alexander Kuleshov. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Having achieved some success in lifting import taxes for some foreign-made business aircraft, the Russian United Business Aviation Association (RUBAA) has said it will not lobby to eliminate duties for aircraft weighing more than 20 metric tons (44,000 pounds) operating empty weight (OEW). The decision, which is likely to frustrate Western aircraft manufacturers, was announced this week during Jet Expo 2012 in Moscow. The group said it will continue efforts to ease importation of aircraft with OEWs of less than 20 metric tons because it considers these to be important for economic development in Russia, where local manufacturers produce no equivalent-sized jets.

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