New domestically produced aircraft must be competitive, including with an eye toward export, and not only for the domestic market. This was stated by Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin.
He acknowledged that the first airliners will be slightly more expensive than mass-produced counterparts. However, this path is necessary in order to arrive at competitive aircraft.
If we want to have such production, then a priori it must be of interest not only to us, but to other countries as well. If we are reviving aircraft manufacturing, we must at some point understand that these aircraft will be bought by our partners, our allies.
Nikitin recalled that Soviet aircraft were widely used around the world, so Russia also needs to set itself an ambitious goal.
Analysts from the YouTube channel Luxe Fleet provided a comparison of the characteristics of the MS-21-310 and the Boeing 737 MAX. They concluded that for now the Russian aircraft makes more sense for domestic carriers, while Boeing is universal on the global market.
Aviation expert Roman Gusarov also told "Pervomu tekhnicheskomu" that the "Superjet" is absolutely in no way inferior to foreign competitors, including Bombardier and Embraer.
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