The Federal Air Transport Agency and the Ministry of Transport of Russia have allowed the use of non-original spare parts for repairs of Russian aircraft, and the cost of repairs has increased due to the fact that these spare parts are supplied by roundabout routes. The well-known Russian pilot Andrei Litvinov spoke about this in an interview with the Popular Politics youtube channel, avianews reports.. com.

“Certainly no good. The sanctions that Russian civil aviation faced were, perhaps, never and nowhere. Well, except that Iran has been under sanctions for more than 40 years, ”the pilot notes..

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However, he immediately explains the difference between the situation between Iran and Russia.. Iranian airlines fly old airliners, while Russian airlines use more modern aircraft with electronics that need to be replaced in blocks in case of a breakdown..

Litvinov sees no optimistic future for Russian civil aviation.

“Somehow we get out, through some third countries we agree, spare parts come. I can’t say from where, but they are, of course, more expensive, because the logistics of supplies have been increased. Naturally, this is reflected in the cost and delivery time, ”the pilot explained..

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According to him, some of the spare parts are non-original, but their use was allowed by the Federal Air Transport Agency and the Ministry of Transport of Russia.

The pilot also does not believe that Russia will be able to replace Western Airbus and Boeing aircraft with aircraft of its own production..

“They say we will triple production. It produced three Tu-214 aircraft a year at the Kazan plant, and they will produce 10, ”explains Litvinov.

According to him, even if we give a head start and assume that Kazan will be able to produce 20 aircraft a year, this is not enough to replace 700-900 Western-made airliners in Russian airlines..

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“If they produce 20 aircraft a year, then it will take 30 years to produce the number of aircraft in operation today.. And what will we fly for 30 years? ”, asks the pilot.

Litvinov adds that Russia wasted time: the old Soviet factories were destroyed, and it will take time and money to create new enterprises and train new specialists..