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RUSSIA RUSSIA

PRIVATELY OWNED AIRLINE/ WAN: HAS RUSSIA INTRODUCED A WAN: AND MILITARY DRONE SEC-
CHARTER OPERATIONS IN RUSSIA? HEALTH PASSPORT OR THEY ARE TOR SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING? IS SUHKOI PRIVATE JET
All the airlines in Russia are share-holding GOING TO? ARE THEY USING THE THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US

companies. The Flag carrier Aeroflot lion’s IATA TRAVEL PASS? ABOUT THIS SECTOR?
share belongs to the Russian state but Currently the Russian citizens are able The military drone sector is going very well. WITH VIP EDITION

everybody is able to buy company shares to get any of three vaccines available. Russia is going to close the existing gap that

through the stock exchange. The similar Vaccinated travellers receive a special exists between itself and Western nations

situation with Aeroflot subsidiaries, namely certificate in Russian and includes domestic in drone development. The small drones By Pranjal Pande

Rossiya and Pobeda. As far as I know all the passport details. In the near future the of the Eleron family produced by the
others are owned privately.

certificate can be translated in English Kazan-based ENICS have been produced

WAN: HOW IS THE AEROFLOT with the help of the state services internet in quantity and form part of the UAV units

COMPANY DOING? site. Perhaps, this will help to speed for military and para-military forces in all ussia’s Sukhoi is marketing it’s Superjet 100 to a new audi-
Russian military districts.

Aeroflot has received the lion’s share up the return of the Russian travelling The larger Orlan family UAV has also Rence: VIP and corporate customers.
internationally.

of the state supporting money which become operational and received its first The manufacturer plans to modify its existing SSJ100s to serve

in fact was given to all the airlines in WAN: IN THE WESTERN WORLD, order from an international customer . as private jets for the rich and famous willing to buy them. So what

proportion to their previous numbers of THERE ARE PREDICTIONS THAT Myanmar has signed a contract for an changes is the manufacturer planning for this regional jet?
passengers. The company is in the process THERE WILL BE A PILOT SHORTAGE unspecified number of this vehicle in NEW MISSION

of restructuring and is going to concentrate BECAUSE OF ALL THE LAY-OFFS, CUT February this year. Both Eleron and Orlan

mainly on international routes and the BACKS AND RETRENCHMENTS. WILL are promoted internationally by Rosobo- According to Airway, Russia’s Minister of Trade and Industry,

most attractive domestic routes, such as RUSSIA ALSO HAVE A SHORTAGE? ronexport. Denis Manturov, plans for a corporate SSJ100 in Abu Dhabi were

Moscow-Sochi, Moscow-St.-Petersburg etc. At the moment there are no figures The Orion UAV has become the first announced earlier this year.

All the others are to be operated by Rossiya on a commercial pilots’ shortage but operational striking Russian drone and has The reconfigured aircraft will see the addition of sharklets to its

and Pobeda. The last one also makes flights records have said that Russian pilots with already been combat tested in Syria. wings, providing more range and better aerodynamic efficiency, as

to the Crimea. international experience and licences for well as additional fuel tanks.

Aeroflot itself is going to operate a limit- Airbus and Boeing have moved to China Larger striking drones such as Okhotnik Discussing the timeline and demand for the SSJ-VIP version, Man-

ed number of aircraft models from Boeing and other South East countries to assist (Hunter) and Grom (Thunder) are well on turov said, “A demonstration plane will appear in the second half of

the way *.

and Airbus only while all the other types if the problem occurs in the future. The the year. I think there will be a sufficient number of people interest-

are to be handled by Rossiya and Pobeda reason for this movement of pilots is that Okhotnik has been reported to fly with ed in this version, because the cost-benefit is very competitive.”

including a large fleet of SSJ. because domestic salaries are less than the 5th generation Su-57 combat aircraft to The decision to make a VIP version of the SSJ100 might come as a

form a unique striking pair.

WAN: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH those internationally. *Articles related to these developments surprise since it has been marketed as a regional jet.

The aircraft offers a range of 1,646 or 2,472 nautical miles

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL? RECENT WAN: LET’S GO TO THE MILITARY were featured in the April edition of

NEWS REPORTS HAVE INDICATED AVIATION SECTOR. CAN YOU TELL World Airnews depending on the variant (standard or LR). However, once the shar-

THAT TRAVEL BETWEEN RUSSIA, US ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS klets, extra fuel tanks, and other changes are made, the aircraft
TURKEY, THE UAE AND JAPAN HAS FAR THE 11-LL2V TRANSPORT PLANE WAN: LASTLY WE TURN will have a greater range.

STARTED UP. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE IS CONCERNED? OUR ATTENTION TO THE Additionally, VIP jets usually carry a fraction of the passengers a

ON WHEN RUSSIAN PEOPLE WILL BE DEVELOPMENTS AND WORK DONE commercial aircraft does, further reducing weight and improving
ABLE TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY? The Il-112 is set to replace an ageing IN THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION range. This means the SSJ could well make a viable private jet if all
goes to plan at Sukhoi.

fleet of Antonov transport aircraft. The

The situation changes all the time because programme has the full support from the FUEL SECTOR. WHAT RUSSIA
COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON
of COVID. According to the government government and MoD and is on schedule. THE PRODUCTION? HAVE THERE PRICE AND COMPETITION
any foreign country which wants to invite The aircraft has started test flights and is BEEN ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS While no price has been announced for the SSJ-VIP, officials have

Russian tourists must have its own safety set to become operational by the end of SECTOR? already alluded to the lower cost of this plane compared to the Refurbished GSE

standards from an epidemic point of view. the year. competition. A standard SSJ100 currently costs just over (US) $50

In fact, all the new types of virus such as A public flying demonstration is scheduled There has been no special information million at list price, which means we can expect the VIP variant to We buy and sell

the ones from British and South African for MAKS airshow. The Il-114-300 is a sister on this sector. Sometime news reports be in a similar range or possibly lower.
have come into Russia with returning commercial passenger which is to form the referred to the temporary shortage of While the current range of the SSJ-VIP is unknown, we could

tourists from Turkey. It is not clear when core of the new Far East regional airline aviation fuel available at remote airports expect it to compete with private jets like the Embraer Praetor 500

free international travelling is going to form 2023. and claims about the high cost of sustain- or Legacy 500 in terms of range (roughly 3,200mn).

return. able aviation fuel. Q

Both of these aircraft cost much less ($16-18mn) than a stan-
dard SSJ100 but also seat far fewer passengers (depending on the

configuration).
However, the SSJ-VIP could also try and compete with the
recently-announced larger A220ACJ. Since the SSJ100 is already an
established jet, it could be looking to pry away market share from
Airbus and Boeing.
MARKET GROWING
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demand for private jets. The pandemic has pushed many of those

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