Aeroflot signed an agreement on the purchase of 399 Russian aircraft for 1 trillion rubles

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2023: Purchase of 18 MS-21, 34 SSJ New and 11 Tu-214 aircraft

2022: Aeroflot signed an agreement on the purchase of 399 Russian aircraft for 1 trillion rubles

On September 6, 2022, Aeroflot entered into an agreement on the purchase of 399 Russian aircraft worth more than 1 trillion rubles. The production of aircraft will be carried out by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

Today we signed the largest agreement on the acquisition of domestic aircraft in the entire recent history of Aeroflot, - said Sergey Alexandrovsky, General Director of Aeroflot PJSC.

Aeroflot signed an agreement on the purchase of 399 Russian aircraft

According to the signed document, 210 MS-21 aircraft, 89 SSJ New aircraft and 40 Tu-214 aircraft will be delivered to Aeroflot. Deliveries will begin in 2023, when the group's fleet will receive the first two SSJ New aircraft. In 2024, it is planned to supply the first six MS-21 and the first seven Tu-214. The UAC plans the first contracts with Aeroflot under this agreement in 2023-2025.

According to Deputy Prime Minister - Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, the contract will become the main one for funding from the National Welfare Fund: the state will subsidize the purchase of import-substituted versions of aircraft, fixing the supply price for airlines so that our carriers do not experience an additional financial burden.

The aircraft Boeing and, Airbus which are unlikely to ever be delivered to Russia, will be replaced by passenger liners of domestic production, - said the head of "."Rostec Sergey Chemezov

By the beginning of September 2022, there are 183 aircraft in the Aeroflot fleet, follows from the airline's data. Another 129 aircraft operate "Russia" and 41 - "Victory," which are part of the Aeroflot group.

At the end of August 2022, Sergei Aleksandrovsky announced to the president Russia Vladimir Putin plans to order 323 domestic aircraft from the UAC. As a result, the company bought 16 more Superjet-NEW aircraft than it had originally intended.^[1]

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