The government called the cost of new Superjet from Russian components

The minimum cost of new Superjet aircraft from Russian components will be 2.256 billion rubles, and the first MS-21 and Tu-214 – 3.144 billion rubles, in total 63 aircraft will be purchased. This is reported RBC with reference to the investment project for preferential leasing of Russian aircraft, approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

34 Superjet New aircraft, 18 MS-21-310 and 11 Tu-214 aircraft will be purchased by the Rostec subsidiary, the leasing company Aviacapital-Service. Liners, as noted, the group “Aeroflot» will receive from December 2023 to January 2026

“During the implementation of the project, the cost of the Superjet will increase by 9.2%, to 2.464 billion rubles. including VAT, and MS-21 and Tu-214 – by 4.5%, to 3.285 billion, – writes publication with reference to the data of the project passport.

Funds for the purchase of aircraft (175.4 billion rubles) will be allocated from the National Welfare Fund (NWF). It is assumed that the Ministry of Finance will buy the bonds of Aviakapital-Service and repay the main debt within 18 years from the date of delivery of the last aircraft to Aeroflot.

January 11, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin informed on the introduction at the end of last year, we submitted to the government a passport for an investment project on leasing aircraft.

“The decision to approve it is fully agreed upon. In 2023-2025, Aeroflot is scheduled to deliver 63 aircraft, meaning 34 imported Superjet, 18 MS-21 and eleven Tu-214, ”the Kremlin press service quoted the Deputy Prime Minister as saying.

Manturov also said that under the order of other airlines, it is planned to accept separate passports in 2023 to ensure a comprehensive program for the development of the aviation industry. At the same meeting, Putin criticized work to provide aircraft factories with orders for aircraft

“Long, too long. Enterprises must understand their prospects, orders, they must hire labor, they must maintain or expand production capacities,” Putin said.

He explained that factories need to understand how many civil and military aircraft will be ordered, and was indignant that some enterprises “have no orders even for 2023.” The President drew attention to the fact that the factories still do not have contracts and other documents, and urged Manturov “not to play the fool” and speed up the work.

In response, Manturov promised to complete the necessary processes “in the near future”, but this wording did not suit the President of the Russian Federation. He instructed the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to resolve the issue within a month. “Not later,” Putin stressed.