Russian Airlines Face Superjet Fleet Loss Without State Engine Subsidies
Aeroflot said 160 SSJ 100 jets could be cut from service unless the government helps cover engine swaps, which Kommersant estimated at 2.1-2.3 billion rubles each.
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Russian Airlines Face Superjet Fleet Loss Without State Engine Subsidies
Russian airlines will face a gradual loss of their Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) fleets because they cannot afford to replace the aircraft’s foreign-made engines with domestic ones without significant government subsidies, Aeroflot CEO Sergei Alexandrovsky warned, The Moscow Times reported on September 7. Speaking to the Russian state media outlet, Alexandrovsky stated that installing the import-substituted engines is only feasible “with certai…
Sergey Alexandrovsky, CEO of Aeroflot, said that the remotorization of the Superjet 100 produced before 2022 is possible only with state support
Sergey Alexandrovsky, CEO of Aeroflot, said that the remotorization of the Superjet 100 produced before 2022 is possible only with state support. According to him, without subsidies, the fleet of these aircraft from Russian airlines will gradually...
Aeroflot fears Superjet fleet will shrink without state help replacing engines
Aeroflot will only be able to replace the foreign-made engines on its Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft with Russian ones if the state provides support, the airline’s CEO, Sergei Alexandrovsky, said.
Reactivation of Superjet 100 (SJ-100), released before 2022, requires State grants - otherwise the inevitable gradual departure of these aircraft in the Russian Federation is considered by Director General Sergei Alexandrovsky.
Russian Aeroflot warns that the fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100 (Sukhoi Superjet 100, SSJ-100) could be gradually reduced if the state does not finance it.
Russian airlines are unable to independently replace French engines with Russian ones in SSJ-100 medium-range jets. This means the loss of 160 aircraft, which Russian civil airlines have nothing to replace.
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