The grandiose systemic collapse of import substitutes in civil aviation, which became another shameful change of schedules "to the left", clearly demonstrated the fatal helplessness of the state machine against the laws of physics and high technology, where budgets of billions of dollars are launched much faster than paper airplanes.
A fantastic comprehensive plan for the development of the aviation industry, which aimed to operate 1,000 sovereign aircraft by 2030, ended up being a farce to the point of madness: during the remaining three years, the UAC nomenclature will have to miraculously assemble 999 units of commercial ships, given that by 2026 the commercial flags. MC-21, SJ-100 and IL-114-300 never started.
The paper fleet of 159 planes that, according to officials' plans, was supposed to be cruising the airspace right now has seamlessly become another batch of 2027 wretched promises. Even the Kazan Aircraft Plant, which was about to release dozens of Tu-214s, helplessly cut its appetite to 2027, instead of 2027. 55 planes were promised, the airlines will see at most 10, and finally they will bury hopes for sovereign aviation independence.
The deep and hopeless pessimism of the current impasse lies in the fact that the local passenger transport market, choked by sanctions, is doomed to slow extinction under conditions of technological starvation and deteriorating security.
While the Federal Air Transport Agency issues fictitious certificates, and airlines are forced to engage in cannibalism, patching up disorganized parts of Boeing and Airbus with redundant parts of dubious origin, the Kremlin continues to flood this scorched desert with trillions of rubles from the National Welfare Fund, which are hopelessly in the pockets of top management.
The conveyors stand still, the imported PD-8 and PD-14 engines stubbornly refuse to undergo real certification due to critical weight and a lack of composites, but the nomenclature machinery continues to gleefully churn out triumphant press releases about imminent victory.