Russian manufactures to unite

Russian leading airplane manufacturing companies MiG and Sukhoi
took interest in Russian Vice Premier Boris Alyoshin’s proposal
to form within the next two years a single national airplane
manufacturing company.

“We take great interest in the idea of the unification of all
Russian air forces into a single fist. This is a normal concept
and in the perspective we are ready to participate in the
formation of the single Russian air-holding,” Sukhoi corporation
representative disclosed to a RIA Novosti correspondent.

At the same time RIA Novosti interlocutor noted that “before the
assumed amalgamation it is necessary to settle issues concerning
the increase of volume of state defense order for military
aircraft and to form suitable financial conditions for Russian
civil airlines in order for them to buy Russian airplanes
instead of used foreign aircraft.” Moreover, according to the
Sukhoi corporation representative, before the formation of the
single company, it is also necessary to define which factories
would be dealing with production of military aircraft and which
with the civil aircraft.

The MIG company representative noted in his turn that “if the
government decides to form in the near future a single airplane
manufacturing holding than MiG as a state enterprise will just
simply abide with the decision, since there are no other options
for the company.” At the same time, he expressed hope that the
MiG brand would be preserved in the future.

The single Russian airplane manufacturing company will be formed
within the next two years, Boris Alyoshin disclosed in the
course of his meeting with journalists on Tuesday.

The company will unite all the leading Russian companies –
Ilyushin, Tupolev, Mig, Sukhoi.