Honored Pilot of Russia Yuri Sytnik announced that Russia purchases foreign aircraft from lessors for legitimate flights abroad. Previously, they could be arrested upon arrival in another country and handed over to their owner, but now such a scenario has disappeared. stated He is in talks with NSN.
Previously recognizedIt was stated that Russia will purchase 165 aircraft from foreign lessors in 2023. According to Sytnik, we are talking about aircraft that have been in use for 6-10 years and are purchased at their residual value. These planes now have the right to fly to foreign ports.
“Of course, leasing companies were reluctant to do this, but they agreed to this step because they were registered in neutral countries, offshore areas, they needed to get some money,” added Sytnik.
The pilot said that these planes were serviced in Russia and Iran, and their spare parts were supplied from China, India, Turkey and Iran through parallel imports.
“So the planes are being serviced, but maybe not on time and not exactly as we would like,” he added.
Sytnik believes that Russia should follow China’s example and establish its own production of aircraft spare parts. By the way, he says, we need to buy even something small like butter. Moreover, Russia has oils, gasoline, technical fluids and hydraulic systems that are no worse than foreign ones, but their use requires appropriate testing.
“Although our industry is able to produce all the necessary spare parts, for some reasons our aviation authorities are in no hurry to switch to Russian spare parts production,” the airman said.
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