Russias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) revealed Monday the termination of the CEOs of its subsidiaries Yakovlev and Tupolev, amid difficulties in increase domestic airplane production under Western sanctions.Andrei Boginsky, CEO of Yakovlev, and Konstantin Timofeev, Managing Director of Tupolev, are leaving their posts, UAC stated in a statement.Yakovlev, responsible for the SJ-100 formerly the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and Tupolev were just recently merged into UAC under an order from President Vladimir Putin.
The SJ-100 program is main to Russias efforts to establish a domestic fleet.The shake-up also follows a prominent event in which one of the companys flagship jets, the SJ-100, caught fire after landing in Turkey on Sunday night.
All travelers were evacuated securely because accident.UAC said it would presume direct management of Yakovlev and Tupolev, mentioning the urgency of releasing serial production of domestic civil airliners in an unprecedentedly brief duration of time.The transfer of management to the level of the UAC parent business will make it possible to concentrate all the corporations resources on completing the specific tasks of licensing and introducing the serial production of the domestic civil airliner fleet on time, the company said.Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin apparently bought Boginskys dismissal over what was described as a collapse of the nations civil air travel program, according to the business paper Kommersant.
Another industry source rejected this account.Russias aviation market has actually dealt with extreme setbacks considering that the 2022 intrusion of Ukraine, with sanctions limiting access to vital parts for Airbus and Boeing models.The government has actually promised over $2.7 billion to develop domestic airplane, consisting of Yakovlevs SJ-100 and the MC-21, a narrow-body jet comparable to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
The MC-21s rollout has actually been consistently delayed, with entry into service now anticipated no earlier than 2025.
Half of Russias Airbus A320neo fleet has been grounded due to unsettled engine concerns exacerbated by Western sanctions, Kommersant reported last week, further highlighting the pressure on the industry.Moscow aims to produce more than 600 airplanes by 2030 to replace its aging Western fleet, but concerns remain over production capacity and timelines.AFP contributed reporting.