Russia has not yet been able to fully replace foreign Boeing and Airbus with its own passenger liners. The main reason is not the lack of technology, but the interests of managers and the struggle for financial flows, said economist Mikhail Khazin.
In his opinion, the Russian aviation industry is capable of creating the necessary aircraft. However, certain representatives of the management apparatus may not be interested in the rapid launch of their production.
We have patriotic elites and those who have already resigned themselves. They compete with each other: let's remove one minister, put another — and then, maybe, we'll assemble some kind of plane. I repeat: we don't have our own machines not because we don't know how to make them, but because there are people who deliberately hinder this.
Khazin explained the problem with the risk of losing large revenues when switching to domestic production. The MC-21, Il-114-300, and Tu-214 are at different stages of implementation, but their serial production is developing slower than initially expected.
Some of our managers are sitting there. Perhaps he is a patriot. But he understands: if he starts making planes, his team will lose billions.
Yury Tretyakov, a technical director in the aircraft industry, explained to "Pervy Tekhnichesky" that the trouble with any new aircraft is bureaucracy, constant alterations, and endless "changes in the rules of the game" right during the work.