PRESS: Min designs 627 bln rbl aviation devt program till 2030

MOSCOW, Apr 28 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Transport Ministry has prepared an outline of a 627 billion ruble comprehensive program for development of the aviation industry until 2030, Kommersant business daily reported on Thursday.

The program envisages production of 1,000 planes in Russia and using around half of the fleet of foreign planes for components due to servicing problems.

According to the basic scenario, Russia’s air fleet will amount to 999 aircraft including 427 foreign aircraft in 2025, and to 1,602 aircraft including 208 foreign aircraft in 2030.

The passenger traffic forecast is unchanged at 100 million people in 2022.

(72.8764 rubles – U.S. $1)

End