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Aug 30, 2017 (newstodate): Russia is seeking ways to boost the country's carriers' use of Russian-built, rather than western aircraft.
As one effort, Russia's Ministry of Transport is to propose that in the future, new airlines can qualify for approval if they have at least three Russian aircraft not older than five years in the fleet.
Today, new airlines applying for an AOC must have at least eight aircraft with a minimum of 55 seats in the fleet.
The struggle to support the country's weak production of commercial aircraft remains, however, steeply up-hill.
Today, Russia's commercial airline fleets are dominated by western-built aircraft.
Airbus takes the lead with 270 aircraft operating with Russian airlines, Boeing accounts for 259, and Bombardier has a total of 61 aircraft flying in Russian colors.
Against this, Russian airlines operate a total of 142 Antonov aircraft, 50 Sukhoi and 43 Yakovlev aircraft.
With 121 units, the single most used aircraft with Russian registration is the Airbus A320, followed by 99 Boeing 737-800 and 64 Antonov AN-24 aircraft.
Together, Russia's 10 largest carriers operate a total of 515 aircraft, headed by Aeroflot with 188 aircraft in its fleet, according to Russia's Federal Agency of Air Transport.
Also part of reality in Russia's commercial aviation is the fact that no less than 582 out of 743 western-built aircraft operated by 29 Russian airlines are registered in Bermuda, while another 26 aircraft are registered in Ireland.
This corresponds to 78 percent of all western-built aircraft operating in Russia.
As one effort, Russia's Ministry of Transport is to propose that in the future, new airlines can qualify for approval if they have at least three Russian aircraft not older than five years in the fleet.
Today, new airlines applying for an AOC must have at least eight aircraft with a minimum of 55 seats in the fleet.
The struggle to support the country's weak production of commercial aircraft remains, however, steeply up-hill.
Today, Russia's commercial airline fleets are dominated by western-built aircraft.
Airbus takes the lead with 270 aircraft operating with Russian airlines, Boeing accounts for 259, and Bombardier has a total of 61 aircraft flying in Russian colors.
Against this, Russian airlines operate a total of 142 Antonov aircraft, 50 Sukhoi and 43 Yakovlev aircraft.
With 121 units, the single most used aircraft with Russian registration is the Airbus A320, followed by 99 Boeing 737-800 and 64 Antonov AN-24 aircraft.
Together, Russia's 10 largest carriers operate a total of 515 aircraft, headed by Aeroflot with 188 aircraft in its fleet, according to Russia's Federal Agency of Air Transport.
Also part of reality in Russia's commercial aviation is the fact that no less than 582 out of 743 western-built aircraft operated by 29 Russian airlines are registered in Bermuda, while another 26 aircraft are registered in Ireland.
This corresponds to 78 percent of all western-built aircraft operating in Russia.