Serial deliveries of light aircraft "Baikal", which should replace the " кукурузникам" (model An-2), will begin no earlier than 2030. This was announced by the head of "Rusaviaprom" Alexey Kryukov.
The manufacturer of "Baikal", the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA), plans to start the first deliveries as early as 2026. By 2030, 139 units of LMS-901 "Baikal" should be produced.
Today, "Baikal" has no heart, no engine. Certification procedures in this project may shift to the right by another two or three years.
Alexey Kryukov noted that one of the possible reasons for postponing the deadlines may be preparation for mass production. Only preparation can take up to two years according to optimistic forecasts, and in reality this period can last about five years.
When you need to produce five aircraft per year, as UZGA currently assumes, it is one staff of people, one production, one procurement site, one co-executor-supplier. When you need to produce dozens of aircraft per year, it is a completely different cooperation.
Despite the initial plans, the actual timing of the start of serial deliveries may be significantly delayed.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the cost of the "Baikal" aircraft was considered unaffordable and commercially unattractive.
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