Ural Airlines wants to purchase 38 MS-21 aircraft and buy out 19 Airbus

Airline «Ural Airlines” has applied for the purchase of 38 Russian MS-21 aircraft, delivery is expected in 2029-2030, said Sergey Skuratov, CEO of the carrier.

“Of course, there are such plans. [по приобретению российских самолетов]. We made an application for 38 MS-21. In terms of time – somewhere in 2029-2030. We wanted to lease [приобретать]”, – said he (TASS quote).

Ural Airlines is also going to buy 19 Airbus aircraft, the appropriate permission has been received from the United States and the European Union, the deal is in the process of being decided, Skuratov added. The company plans to request funds for these purposes from the Ministry of Transport, these will be “credit resources of the Russian Federation for many years,” the head of the company explained.

MS-21 is being developed by Irkut Corporation (part of UAC). In January 2019, the government allocated 10.5 billion rubles for the creation, production and maintenance of these aircraft. In September 2022, the project received additional funding in the amount of RUB 15 billion. In April, Vedomosti wrote that the MS-21 would cost Russian airlines about 3.2 billion rubles. a piece. This is about two times cheaper than Boeing or Airbus of comparable capacity. According to the General Director of Rostec Sergey Chemezov, the state will subsidize the purchase of these aircraft for domestic airlines, due to which the price will decrease. Chemezov also said that the cost of the new MS-21 for Aeroflot and other carriers will be significantly below the market.