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  1. Tshering22

    Russian civil aviation thread

    There may be some teething errors but nothing major that the Russian industry cannot handle. They will only do good from here onwards. I wonder what happened to the Sino-Russian joint venture to make the COMAC C-929 wide-body jet airliner. Was it not going to compete against the Boeing 777X...
  2. Tshering22

    Russian civil aviation thread

    For the nth time, this is not about heads of the countries! Civilian airplanes are meant for passengers. Passengers fly them the most. Airplane models are not revived for just presidential flights or politicians - they are revived because there is a business opportunity 99% of which is shared by...
  3. Tshering22

    Russian civil aviation thread

    Sure. Not a single new quad-jet order. Whatever is there in the fleet of the 3 largest airlines in China is old 747s on the verge of retirement. Only to be replaced by the Airbus 350 and Boeing 787. You started a thread on civil aviation but are not able to understand the basic nuances of it...
  4. Tshering22

    Russian civil aviation thread

    You didn't understand the premise of his argument. Think about this from a civilian market perspective. Russia has an incentive to buy local planes due to sanctions. But tell me, what incentive do airlines in other countries have to buy IL-96? All modern civilian planes for passengers are...
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