Putin pledges revival of aerospace might

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Tuesday , August 21, 2007 at 2345 hrs year and second-ranked Boeing has shipped 253, according to figures from the companies as of Aug. 9. Russian carriers have imported and contracted for hundreds of jets from the West in the last decade.

Exports of Sukhoi and MiG fighter jets helped Russia's aviation industry survive after the Soviet Union collapsed. Commercial aviation is the top focus now, Unified Aircraft's Fyodorov told reporters in Moscow a week ago. By 2025, the industry's annual production is targeted to reach 300 airliners, 100 transport planes and more than 100 combat aircraft.

Unified Aircraft will start a "profound'' modernisation of the Il-96 and Tu-204 and develop the regional Superjet-100 and an airliner similar to Airbus's single-aisle A320 model series, Fyodorov said at the August 15 briefing. Unified Aircraft is holding preliminary "consultations'' with Airbus on joint development of the model, with production to begin in 2015.