In Russia, it is necessary to accelerate work on the creation of domestic aircraft. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The head of state noted that the issue is not being resolved as quickly as we would like. But still, this work is underway, he stated.
Both "Baikal" and other small aircraft that should replace the An-2. I will not hide the fact that we sometimes argue with some of our, as they used to say, responsible employees, and they will have to speed up this work, the implementation of these plans.
Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov noted the day before that the program for the production and supply of aircraft in Russia will be updated by the end of 2025.
The current program, calculated until 2030, envisages the supply of almost a thousand aircraft for the needs of civil aviation. Of these, 270 units are MC-21-310, 142 units are SSJ New, 113 units are Tu-214, 51 units are Il-114-300, 105 units are TVRS-44 "Ladoga", 12 units are Il-96-300, 158 units are "Osvey" (LMS-192) and 139 units are "Baikal" (LMS-901).
Earlier www1.ru reported that the first TVS-2MS aircraft was delivered to Bashkiria to modernize the fleet of small aircraft.
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