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Sep 12, 2023 (newstodate): Barred from importing new western-built aircraft, Russia is now forced to focus on its own aviation industry.
   According to a Strategy for the Development of the Russian Manufacturing Industry until 2030 and for the period until 2035, the share of domestically produced aircraft in the country's airline fleets will increase significantly.
   According to the strategy, by 2025 Russian-built aircraft will account for over 53 percent; by 2028 the proportion will increase to 66.8 percent, and by 2030 the share of Russian aircraft will reach 81.3 percent.
   Obviously, the bottleneck will remain the country's aircraft production capacity.
   For the MS-21, the goal is to go from six aircraft per year to 36 aircraft within four years; to start manufacturing 20 SJ-100 aircraft by 2024; to increase the Tu-214 assembly rate from two to 10 aircraft per year by 2025 and up to 20 by 2027.  
   In 2022, 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 gray zones 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.