Plans to build one thousand aircraft by 2030 under the Comprehensive Civil Aviation Development Program (KPGA) are running up against the low pace of component production. This was stated by Honored Pilot of Russia Yury Sytnik.
According to him, about 150 factories producing parts were destroyed in the country, and it is impossible to "restore them with a snap of the fingers."
Sooner or later, officials will realize that there is nothing else available — the MC-21 will only be finalized in 5–8 years, and by that time imported aircraft will be standing by the fence... Aviation industry bosses are making promises: "1 thousand aircraft by 2030." We produce 40 engines a year — what thousand aircraft are we talking about!
Andrey Patrakov, founder of the flight safety and certification service RunAvia, told "Pervomu tekhnicheskomu" that the plans set out in the KPGA are impossible to implement.
He explained that the situation is natural — over the past 20 years, supply chains in Russia have been destroyed, the volume of domestic component production has critically declined, and the country's own competencies have been lost.
At the same time, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov recently noted that the KPGA will nevertheless be revised, but only after the certification of the SJ-100, MC-21-300, and Il-114-300.