Russian airlines may eventually be legally required to have a certain share of domestic aircraft in their fleet. This scenario was suggested by Yuri Tretyakov, a technical manager in the aircraft manufacturing industry, in a comment to "Pervy Tekhnichesky".

According to him, such a measure may be necessary if Russian carriers continue to refuse new domestic long-haul airliners.

However, the issue for airlines is not only the availability of domestic aircraft itself, but also the economics of its operation. According to Tretyakov, only carriers who have already encountered such practices are capable of assessing the real additional operating costs when introducing new Russian aircraft.

It is the economic side that remains one of the factors influencing the decision to purchase long-haul aircraft. The Il-96-400M has already been considered as one of the options for the Russian market, but there are no new orders from airlines yet.

Recall that earlier, Sergey Khlyzov, Minister of Industry and Transport of the Voronezh Region, assessing the situation around the Voronezh Aircraft Plant, openly admitted that civil airlines refuse to operate the Il-96.

However, aviation expert Oleg Panteleev explained to "Pervy Tekhnichesky" that carriers in Russia practically do not use the opportunity to replenish their fleet with Boeing and Airbus through the secondary market and complex supply schemes.