Aeroflot to order 323 Russian-made aircraft

Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot is going to place an order for 323 new domestically manufactured aircraft.

The plan was announced in a meeting between the CEO of Aeroflot Sergey Alexandrovsky and Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia.

The order is set to include 73 Sukhoi Superjets, 210 Irkut MC-21s and 40 Tupolev Tu-214s. According to Alexandrovsky, this is the largest aircraft order in Russia “in a long time.” He also noted that the order is part of the company’s “main priority”: the transition from foreign-made aircraft to domestically manufactured ones.

Rumors that such an order might be placed have been swirling for a while, with Russian press reporting that Aeroflot was mulling buying 300 new aircraft in June 2022.