The restoration of one Soviet An-2 biplane will cost approximately 20–22 million rubles, said Pavel Nenastyev, director of the DOSAAF Aircraft Repair Plant (DARZ) in Balashikha. This is much cheaper than acquiring one new LMS-901 "Baikal" aircraft.
According to Nenastyev's estimates, an additional 20 million rubles should be allocated for the modernization of the An-2 cockpit.
That is, the modernization of one An-2 with a new set of aviation equipment will cost around 40 million rubles. So at this stage, it is certainly economically justified.
In 2025, Leonid Luzgin, then General Director of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, noted that one "Baikal" would cost the buyer up to 340 million rubles, depending on the specific components.
At that time, Luzgin noted that the price of the LMS-901 was in line with the market and comparable to the cost of American single-engine Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft.
As of autumn 2026, the "Baikal" is at the prototype preparation stage for resource static tests at TsAGI, noted Anton Alikhanov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.