The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state corporation) plans to deliver 63 civil aircraft to Aeroflot by the end of 2025, including the MS-21 and SSJ New, and eight more SSJ New are planned to be manufactured and delivered to Avrora Airlines by 2026, Report informs referring to TASS.
Russian Helicopters (also part of Rostec) plans to transfer 107 helicopters to customers within three years.
“Rostec has signed contracts for the production of 71 passenger aircraft and 107 helicopters. As part of the contracts, in 2023-2025, Aeroflot will receive 63 aircraft, including 18 MS-21 aircraft, 34 SSJ New aircraft and 11 aircraft Tu-214 manufactured by the Rostec United Aircraft Corporation. In the same period, 86 Mi-8AMT/Mi-8MTV-1 <...> rotorcraft will be transferred to 17 Russian airlines. In turn, the Far Eastern air carrier Avrora in 2024-2026 will receive 8 SSJ New units, as well as 10 Mi-171A2 helicopters and 11 Mi-171A3 helicopters.”
It is planned that the production of aircraft and helicopters and their delivery under preferential leasing programs will be co-financed from the National Wealth Fund at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per annum.
“The signing of contracts allows us to launch full-scale production of the necessary machines, the relevant activities have already started at the enterprises of UAC, Russian Helicopters and other companies participating in the cooperation,” said Sergey Chemezov, director general of the Rostec State Corporation.