At the Eastern Economic Forum, Aeroflot and the leasing company Aviacapital-Service (part of Rostec) signed financial lease agreements for 18 MC-21-310 aircraft and 34 SJ-100 aircraft. This is the first firm contract for the MC-21-310. According to the CEO of the air carrier, Sergei Alexandrovsky, Aeroflot expects deliveries of the ordered aircraft in 2023-2025.
Under the agreement, Aeroflot itself will receive 6 MC-21-310 aircraft under lease, and another 12 MC-21-310 and all 34 SJ-100 will go to the airline "Rossiya", which is part of the Aeroflot group. The agreements were signed by Sergey Alexandrovsky, General Director, on behalf of PJSC Aeroflot, and by Yan Burg, General Director, on behalf of Aviakompania Rossiya.
These contracts are the first within the framework of the largest transaction for the supply of 339 aircraft in the interests of the Aeroflot group. First of all, the airlines will receive new types of aircraft – MC-21 and Sukhoi Superjet 100 in a fully import-substituted form. Currently, work on these machines is nearing completion, and a large cooperation of enterprises led by UAC is carrying it out. I note that unprecedented measures of state support have significantly reduced the cost of domestic aircraft.