PAO "Tupolev" will never agree to start production of new MC-21-310 liners at its production facilities. Although for the enterprise itself this could be a good chance to update its infrastructure, a source from "Business Online" reported.
According to him, the head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, is also unlikely to give consent to the production of aircraft designed for assembly at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
Knowing "Tupolevs" quite well, I will say that they will never agree to take on the MC-21. And in general, I believe that this foreign aircraft as a finished machine will not exist for a very long time. There is nothing to worry about. But if we theorize, it would be good for Kazan to take on the MC-21, but only in addition to the Tu-214.
Former head of the Tupolev branch in Ulyanovsk, Stanislav Ryzhakov, admitted that he has a pessimistic forecast.
If necessary, "Tupolev" will be broken. There are no longer people like Andrey Nikolaevich Tupolev, capable of defending the company, today.
A few days ago, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Gennady Abramenkov stated that the Kazan Aviation Plant is being modernized not only for the Tu-214, but also for the production of the MC-21-310.
Currently, the Kazan Aviation Plant, key for "Tupolev", in addition to the Tu-214, also carries out a defense order for the deep modernization of strategic bomber-missile carriers Tu-160M "White Swan".
Technical director in the aviation industry, Yuri Tretyakov, explained to "Pervy Tekhnichesky" that the Tu-214 is unlikely to escape its key problem - small-scale production. In Kazan itself, they plan to reach a pace of up to 20 liners per year.
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