After re-engining the first versions of the SSJ-100 with PD-8 engines, such expensive aircraft will not be affordable for any domestic company; they will simply "stand by the fence." This warning was issued by Honored Pilot of Russia Oleg Smirnov.
According to him, re-engining the SSJ-100 is more expensive than the residual value of the aircraft itself. Many of these machines have already exhausted their service life, so there is no particular point in installing new engines.
Re-engining is a very expensive pleasure. It's not just about removing one engine and installing another. The aircraft needs to be redesigned. The nacelle needs to be redesigned, the attachment points need to be redesigned, the structure needs to be redesigned. And to put new engines on Superjets for such money? That's just billions to nowhere.
According to preliminary estimates, the discussed program for re-engining about 50 aircraft could cost approximately 115 billion rubles, or about 2.3 billion rubles per liner. Later, OAK head Vadim Badeha denied this figure, but did not disclose the actual cost.
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