Tu-454

Honored Pilot of the USSR Calls Tu-454 a Fantasy Amidst Aviation Industry Crisis
Honored Pilot of the USSR Calls Tu-454 a Fantasy Amidst Aviation Industry Crisis

Oleg Smirnov: "Everything indicates that in a couple of years, we will simply have nothing to fly."

There were no drawings behind the new Tu-454
There were no drawings behind the new Tu-454

Aviation expert Ilya Shatilin: the current version of the liner is not even a prototype

"Russian Boeing 787": Tu-454 aircraft faces failure without China and India's participation
"Russian Boeing 787": Tu-454 aircraft faces failure without China and India's participation

Aviation expert Viktor Martynov: without external markets, the project's economics will be challenging

The fuselage material for the new Tu-454 aircraft has been named
The fuselage material for the new Tu-454 aircraft has been named

The development of thermoplastic alloys has already begun

Tu-454 may not be viable even with combined design bureaus
Tu-454 may not be viable even with combined design bureaus

Andrey Patrakov: The expertise of the remaining design bureaus after the collapse of the USSR will not be enough for the project individually

Tu-454 may not take off: money is no guarantee of results
Tu-454 may not take off: money is no guarantee of results

Andrey Patrakov: so far, the plane is just a project

Tu-454 may not pay off: the main risk of the new Boeing analogue in Russia
Tu-454 may not pay off: the main risk of the new Boeing analogue in Russia

Aviation expert Oleg Panteleev asked questions about the economics of the project