The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate almost 900 million rubles to the UAC for the creation of a long-range aircraft

In 2023, the government will allocate almost 900 million rubles. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) to create a wide-body long-haul aircraft. Relevant order published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

“To provide budget investments from the federal budget to a public joint-stock company in 2023”United Aircraft Corporation” <...> in the amount of 896,868.9 thousand rubles in order to financially cover the costs in the framework of the project to create a wide-body long-range aircraft, ”the published document says.

In October it became known that the Cabinet highlight 15 billion rubles for equipment for aircraft factories, including those producing the domestic MS-21 passenger aircraft.

This summer the government approved a comprehensive program for the development of the air transport industry until 2030. More than 770 billion rubles will be allocated for the implementation of the new program, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Of these, over 150 billion rubles. will be used to provide air transportation until the end of 2022. The total amount also includes subsidizing airlines in the amount of 100 billion rubles, approved by President Vladimir Putin in April.