Aeroflot Warns of Superjet Fleet Retirements Without State Aid
Aeroflot's CEO warned that without government financial support, Russian airlines will be forced to gradually retire their Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet due to the high cost of replacing foreign engines with domestic ones.
Consensus
- Aeroflot's CEO, Sergey Aleksandrovsky, stated that replacing foreign engines on Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft requires state financial support.
- Without government subsidies, Russian airlines will gradually retire their Superjet 100 fleets.
- The Superjet 100s need to be retrofitted with Russian-made PD-8 engines due to sanctions imposed on Russian aviation industry in 2022.
- There are concerns about the production capacity of the United Engine Corporation to supply enough PD-8 engines.
- Approximately 160 Superjet 100 aircraft are in operation in Russia.
- Most of the Superjet 100s (78 aircraft) are operated by Russia Airlines, which is part of the Aeroflot group.
Points of divergence
- Aeroflot's CEO stated that Russian airlines are unwilling to invest in installing domestic replacement engines. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The United Aircraft Corporation's head, Vadim Badekha, said that airlines themselves will pay for the engine replacement and that no budget funds will be allocated for this purpose. — meduza
Coverage (2 sources)
- Superjet without state subsidies is doomed. Who will pay for engine replacement — Радио Свобода
- Aeroflot fears superjet fleet will shrink if state does not help replace engines — Meduza