Несмотря на ожидание роста производства в гражданском авиастроении в последние несколько лет, выпуск гражданских авиалайнеров в России так и остается единичным. В 2008 г...

АТО №101 (июль-август, 2009 г.)

Российские авиакомпании потеряли за п...

Джон М. ДОЙЛ, Вашингтон
Потенциально бесконечная изощренность реальных и мнимых террористических угроз на авиатранспорте уже который год заставляет американские спецслужбы постоянно смещать акценты в борьбе с ними. В этом году на пунктах досмотра в аэропортах по всему миру грядут перемены...

Финансовый кризис может повлиять на отношение деловых людей к идее частных перелетов. Оптимизация расходов подталкивает владельцев бизнес-джетов уделять более пристальное внимание альтернативным схемам полетов, например программам долевого владения. С целью привлечения клиента к собственной бизнес-схеме операторы вынуждены обращать внимание на детали, которые в период раздутых финансовых потоков, возможно, были не столь заметными...

Despite the financial crisis that has also affected aerospace industry all over the world, the Russian Helicopters holding company, a recent merger of the country’s rotorcraft manufacturers, plans to enter the market with a new product – a high-speed helicopter within a decade. The company first revealed its high-speed concept in 2007, but at the HeliRussia 2009 exhibition, which took place in Moscow in May, Russian Helicopters displayed two high-speed helicopter concepts: the Mil Mi-X1 and the Kamov Ka-92, and released preliminary performance data for their designs. "The work is going on," says Andrey Shibitov, head of Russian Helicopters...

Despite certain expectations that Sukhoi would display both of its newest products — the Superjet 100 regional jet and the Su-35 multirole fighter — at Le Bourget this year, the Russian aircraft maker has decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Paris Air Show only with its major civil product. Nevertheless, this does not mean that the Su-35 program has been overshadowed by the first successes of the Superjet 100 project. Quite the reverse — the Su-35 program has recently received a serious financial boost with the Russian Air Force finally deciding to purchase the aircraft as an interim solution until the fifth-generation fighter enters service.
Sukhoi had lobbied...

Russian aircraft manufacturers have prepared a special gift for the 100th anniversary of the Paris Air Show. For the first time in quite a long period Russia’s new commercial airliner will make its international debut at Le Bourget’s static and flying display. It will be the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet, designed and produced by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) which is a partnership between Russia’s Sukhoi jet maker and Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica company.
The Superjet 100 is currently the most important and successful civil aircraft program of the Russian aerospace industry...

Relations between the European Union and Russia have hardly ever been worse since the end of the Cold War, as was clearly demonstrated at the recent Russia-EU summit in Khabarovsk. Nevertheless, a new partnership agreement will be developed and singed in the foreseeable future...