$ 12 billion: so many Russian Federation allocated to support its aviation sector in the air - Reuters

According to Reuters analysts, the loss of foreign spare parts and maintenance experience has already begun to affect the safety of Russian civilian flights. Russia has allocated more than $ 12 billion in the form of government subsidies and loans to save its aviation sector in the air. Reuters writes about it.

The analysis conducted by the experts of the agency recorded the dependence of the Aviation Park of the Russian Federation of foreign production on the supply of key spare parts and maintenance services, which stopped against the background of anti -Russian sanctions by the event. As analysts have noticed, Russia faced a difficult task - the development of its aviation industry, and on its own. "Since then, Russia has spent 1. 09 trillion rubles ($ 12.

07 billion) in support of civil aviation, including airline and financial assistance to airlines," the Reuters calculates based on the Russian Finance and Accounting Chamber, which controls the implementation of the budget. Western aviation analysts say that investor investments will be able to save the Russian air park, but doubts that the planes of the Russian Federation will return to the western markets in the near future, even if the war in Ukraine is over.

This is due to the costs and bureaucracy associated with the restoration of aircraft with clean and monitored safety indicators and approved spare parts. The government document that establishes strategic plans for aviation expenses, as Reuters notes, says that Russia will have to spend at least 711 billion rubles on "achieving technological independence from foreign suppliers".

According to the Swiss supplier of SH-Aviation, Russian airlines are currently operating 991 aircraft, including 405 Russian production. Western Airbus and Boeing Airlines stopped supplying services and spare parts in March 2022, and refused the Russian Federation in regular maintenance of the flagship air carrier "Aeroflot" and other Russian airlines.

At the same time, a reliable air industry is especially important for Russia - both for the transportation of people and goods in its vast territory, and to support Moscow's statements that sanctions had only minimal impact. However, some airlines have dismantled planes for spare parts, as reported by Reuters sources in the aviation industry.

Also, Moscow was in a hurry to register its park and bought out aircraft from foreign landlords at the expense of the National Welfare Fund to avoid the risk of confiscation during their departure abroad. Inland airline transportation in the country began to be restored at the end of 2022, as airlines found ways to import spare parts under the "gray" import scheme introduced by the government, and without the consent of producers - mainly Airbus and Boeing.

Meanwhile, the loss of foreign spare parts and maintenance experience has already begun to affect the safety of flights. According to several Russian publications, as many planes broke out in the Russian Federation as previously broke during the year. In just 11 months of 2023 there were "0. 67 thousand cases" of breakdowns, the press service of Rosaviation reported.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin still believes that the agency writes that Russia's aircraft is overloaded with foreign aircraft. "By 2030, we plan to produce more than 1000 aircraft, our own aircraft. Work is needed," he said. At the same time, a state -owned company United Aircraft Corporation has produced only 133 Superjet aircraft. Other planes of Russian production - Tupolev, Yakovlev and Ilyushin - are rarely used for commercial flights.

The Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Vitaliy Savelyev stated that in 2023, 300 billion rubles could be directed to the purchase of aircraft from foreign lessors. In addition, in 2022, Russia spent 110 billion rubles to compensate for airlines from a sharp rise in prices for aviation. Therefore, this year, the Russian Federation has attracted almost 400 billion rubles for aviation costs.