The Kazan plant named after Gorbunov will be able to establish serial production of the Tu-204SM aircraft, but for this, the aircraft must first be brought up to modern standards from a technical point of view. This was stated by the chief designer of the previous Tu-204 model, Oleg Alasheev.
According to him, first of all, political will is needed for this.
This is a good plane without exaggeration. I officially declare that it is practically in no way inferior to Western classmates.
Alasheev noted that serial production should be approached carefully and calmly, after pre-selecting people who can really implement this.
These are obvious things. Otherwise, the project will finally stall.
About Tu-204SM and what is good about it
Tu-204SM is a completely updated aircraft from the line, which PJSC Tupolev presented back in 2010. Thanks to modern avionics on this version, it was possible to reduce the weight of the aircraft and reduce the crew from 3 to 2 people.
The aircraft also received a new braking system and chassis, in connection with which the requirements for GDP decreased from 2500 to 1900 meters. The engines of the new version PS-90A2 doubled the resource, reduced fuel consumption and maintenance costs.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the SJ-100 jet made more than 10 approaches with a go-around near.
