2023-08-23 09:33:49
Russia is running out of planes
Due to sanctions, the Russian airline is increasingly missing components for the machines in its fleet. Now the country even has to get out of a joint venture with China.
The sanctions already had a resounding effect on the short- and medium-haul aircraft MC-21, for which Western companies were supposed to supply essential components such as the engines.
Photo: Giuseppe Cacace (AFP)
If you looked closely, you might already guess in June that something was up. The Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac had set up a small model of its future CR929 long-haul aircraft in one of the exhibition halls at the Paris Air Show. And while at previous trade fairs of this kind the logo of the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) was also attached next to the Comac logo, this was missing for the first time. Maybe because Russian companies shouldn’t appear at the event anyway because of Western sanctions, one might still think.
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