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Aug 29, 2022 (newstodate): Aeroflot has announced a new strategy to focus on Russian-built aircraft rather than western capacity.
   At a meeting with the Russian president, Sergey Aleksandrovsky, General Director of Aeroflot, said that the Aeroflot Group will sign orders for 323 aircraft of domestic production, including 72 Sukhoi Superjet, 210 MS-21 and 40 Tu-214.
   -Our strategy is now being updated, but it is already fully synchronized with the comprehensive program for the development of the transport industry until 2030, the Aeroflot CEO stressed.
   Earlier this summer, Russia’s ministry for industry and trade  issued a revised plan calling for the production of 1,000 aircraft by domestic manufacturers through 2030.   
   The new ministerial policy envisages the production of 564 large aircraft including 12 Ilyushin Il-96-300, 270 MC21-310, 70 Tupolev Tu-214, 142 of Sukhoi Superjet 100, and 70 Il-114-300 regional aircraft.
   However, ambitions seem to outrun reality on the ground; as one example, the KAPO factory in the Tatarstan  capital Kazan expects to complete only three Tu-214 aircraft in 2023, seven in 2024, and some 10 aircraft annually in the years after.
   -Despite big investments coming to the factory from the federal budget, there are still some grey zone and uncertainties. Because of these difficulties, the local manufacturers could, at best, produce only about 110 new jetliners by 2025, Tatarstan's PM informed the Republic’s State Council, according to Russian media.
   Similarly, Sukhoi in 2021 planned for completion of only 37 Super 100 aircraft.