The fleet of Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has changed immensely over the past year. While the overall quantity of aircraft is only slightly smaller, just over one-fifth of these jets are listed as parked. Sanctions from mainly western countries have had a significant impact on aircraft maintenance and serviceability, and wiped out any and all future deliveries of western-built aircraft. Indeed, as we move towards the possibility of a new "Cold War," the fleet of Aeroflot will likely become increasingly comprised of Russian-built aircraft.
Today let’s look at the current state of the Aeroflot fleet, one year after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
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Judging by how long Iran has managed to keep its western made airliners flying, we may expect decades to pass before all the Airbus and Boeing airplanes are phased out of the Russian air fleets.
But Iranians dont drink vodka like water
Their planes werent as digital as today. Its easier with ancient analog aircraft
@@skylineXpert sanctions are useless
@@skylineXpert This is really good insight. Maintaining today's aircraft is a whole new ball game.
It also depends on whether you still can get parts for the analog model.
Like Iran there will always be someone who indirectly will furnish Aeroflot with spares or even aircraft. Iran has managed to keep its Airbus fleets fully operational.
Iran's fleet of passenger planes has reduced by 50% since the re-imposition of sanctions (Quote from Iran's Air Travel Service Sept. 2022) on aviation in 2018-2019, hardly no effect!?!
Huge difference between the older analog aircraft and the currently "very digital" aircraft. Might be possible to keep 50 years old aircraft running with some duct tape and some bits and pieces of metal and plastic. May not be possible with the current stuff. Toelerances will be alot tighter, and you will need all sorts of chips and software, etc.
yeah great and modern country Iran eh?? ahahahah
Iran have got very basic workshops to keep their fleets going out of necessity. They were one of the last airlines to operate the 747-100 and 747SP. Hardly a a good advert. They still operate the A300 and A310 which are both antique.
Operational is not enough. Costs will be 20-30% higher than anywhere else.
A balanced and good video, thank you.
There is much enough airlines with huge fleet numbers such as S7, Rossia, Pobeda, Ural, Utair, Nordwind, Azur air and more others. I don’t think Russia feels deficit now 😒. And long distance trains are so popular there and they are so modern. Peoples who’ve not been there, never knows how Russia is underrated by Europeans.
The EU&US' sense of self-importance and indispensability to the rest of the world is in rapid decline.
Maybe AeroFlop will renovate all those exSoviet types from their museums & press them into service!
@@thomasgraal5497 they would still be safer than the 737 Max
Apparently Aeroflot has done a deal with Acme Engineering for spare parts...
Meep meep...
@@lornewazny7152 Meep meep... you will die and spend eternity in hell
😂
Do a video on the fleet of AirBridgeCargo.
Most of comments here are just trash talks. Airlines did not choose to be in the middle of the political games. Like other Russian based airlines, Aeroflot is trying to find the way to maintain the business.
be interesting when d checks have to be done how are they going to them without Wesstern Parts?
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@@hyy3657 :D
thanks to Gorbi and Yeltsin -Russia nearly lost all fleet !!in 1992 USSR made 81 plane a year ,, in 93 - 71,,,, in time FRENDSHIP with US and EU build from 12 to 5 plane a YEAR!!!!! and by by by ....
Worse than be an enemy of the west - is to be a friend of the west
We are living in 2023. Gorbi and Yeltsin are gone for over 24 years now. Putin had enough time to fix this situation.
@@huckleberryfinn6578 Gorbachev and Yeltsin destroyed industry as well as the economy. Putin is not omnipotent to restore all directions in industry, especially when many companies have already experienced the taste of capitalism and globalization, when it is easier to buy than to create their own. Aeroflot was such a company.
What happened to 737 900 they used operate or they got returned to there lease company
The "МС-21" in English is MS-21, no MC-21
You forgot the IL96 withPD35 for Aeroflot.
СЕЙЧАС ТАКОГО НЕТ , И ЕСЛИ БУДЕТ, ТО НЕ РОНЬШЕ 2030... СКОРЕЕ ПОЯВИТСЯ МС-21-400, ВМЕТИМОСТЬЮ 240 А МОЖЕ 260-280 МЕСТ
Those won't happen, too innefficient.
@@Dexter037S4 Don’t be ignorant 😱
The program of resurgence IL-96 never will be continued That's a fact I live in Russia, i know
Now Aeroflot flies to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, China, UAE, Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizistan, Seychelles. Company plans to start flights in Tunis and Mongolia. Of course, their map routes will grow.
If you add up the population of these countries together, it seems that the population of the West will be in a strong minority. How so? And what about the whole world against Russia?
@@VHSKacceta5 months later, seeing BRICS nations coming together I don't think that Russia is any problems
Please make a new video regarding this topic. A one year left. It's interesting what changes
1:04 That makes a total of 112 Airbus planes with more than half of them either brand new or recently acquired. Their learning curve should help improve the design of their locally made jets if the parts don't match. Aeroflot seems to be a big Airbus customer, hopefully the war won't destroy all of the relationships Russia had developed with its European partners over the years.
Yes it will
@Alex Pirogovsky No, it won't. Aeroflot has practically stolen hundreds of airplanes and turned them to scrap by unauthorized repairs. These planes will not be allowed by most countries into their airspace.
@@spxram4793 Well; what do you expect from Russia; to cross its arms and do nothing? those five hundred airliners, is just a little fraction of what the West stole from Russia already.
@Alex Pirogovsky You probably hope others reading your bullshit are willing to buy it.
@@TheMechas56 Oh really? Could you compile a list of those things the West stole from Russia. The world is curious ...
Cannibalizing an A350? Those people
I mean they need parts from somewhere I guess
First people now airplanes
@@noted642 Wut
Whats wrong with that
Look how they massacred my boy..
Very sad to see the Cannibalisation of new aircraft.
Hope to see more russian made planes
Механизм запущен. Лет через 7-8 их будет много, а потом - очень много. На Западных так называемых "партнëров" больше нет надежды и нет им доверия.
why have they changed from silver (which looked kinda cool) to white (which is absolutely boring)? Cost saving measure?
this video is missing some information.. like : foreign airlines that were grounded in russia are now property of aeroflot.. aeroflot simply captured the foreign aircraft’s.. and the foreign countries did the same thing with aeroflot planes.. and now those captured planes are used for harvesting for reserve parts.. or there serial numbers get changed and they fly under the flag of aeroflot…
No, Aeroflot STOLE several hundred airliners. They'll never be seen as a reliable business partner ever again. Russia is totally finished. It's a state sized criminal enterprise, nothing else.
The plural of aircraft is aircraft.
With all the harvested and clandestine spare parts, they are still flying! Unlike some wheels or windows popped up during the flight of the 737max in the US! Iran is the champion and knows how to cope with sanctions.
What about software updates? Manufacturing parts and pieces is the easy part, software is something else.
There is only 1 plant making the tu-214 currently and it makes those planes at a rate of 1 per year and those are the old 3 crewed cockpit designs from the soviet times. To date Tupolev has only ever made 1 TU-214 with a 2 crew cockpit design and that was with Western technology. Their stated manufacturing goals are unlikley to be true.
Don't get your information from CNN, their the same folks who told us Russia was going to run out of missiles and ammunition a year ago. Calling them clueless would be charitable.
In Russia, there is a saying "Moscow, like Rome, was not built immediately." Don't worry about us, we adapt to everything. There are a lot of tragic historical events behind our backs, we have always coped. We haven't produced airplanes for a bunch of years, we just need time to remember how to do it and adapt our technologies to it.
@@VHSKaccetayou are so racist so I repot you right now
Aerodrop!
Do you know where the 4 BA 747s are now the ones flown to Spain and sold on as at time thoughts we're Russia had got hold of them.
It's also funny how such a anti west place has so many west planes and still buying them .
It's not the anti-western place. Don't believe propaganda.
Because Russians and especially the elites loves the western stuff. Even Putin wears Italian designer clothes instead of Russian ones and Lavrov use an iPhone and wear an Apple Watch.
They stole them from leasing companies, that's why they won't get their hands on them again, unless they pay up front and for the arrears!?!
It's not anti-West, the West is anti-Russia. The was and still is most pro-Western government, declaring joining EU, NATO and other WTO's it's sole purpose, bowing even to minions like Poland for indulgence of it's masters, however, none was given, only NATO on the borders, Maidan, sanctions.
@@beibotanov What are you on about ?
I don’t believe they will build this many aircrafts anytime soon
The price efficiency now isn't important, Russian government invest heavily in already existing Russian aircraft plants across the country to speed up production. Don't forget Soviet Union produced hundreds of planes annually, so Russia only need to restore and increase production at that industrial monsters. To guarantee good quality of produced planes Putin ordered ministers and top government officials of industries to use only Russian-made planes so they would definitely take care about safety of those planes xD
They started already, Tu-214, Ily-96 300, MC-21, SU-Super Jet-100.
@@TheMechas56 How many commercial airplanes did Russia produce in 2022? 0! It's starting only on paper.
@@huckleberryfinn6578 They will eventually, just be patient.
@@TheMechas56 It is an illusion, Russia has the economy of Chile, its factories are three or four decades old, it has no technology and most of the people who could develop it have fled the war, they have no idea the extent of what is required, Putin can decree anything he wants, but his Corrupt regime has destroyed every part of Russian industry, the military, the aviation, and it's society, it's all unfit for purpose, it will struggle to pay its bills by the end of this year!?!
Very good status updates and I believe in another 10 years Russian made passenger plane will be produced in India or China. An inevitable divide between East and West will make Western European countries on the receiving end as it lacks raw materials to sustain present level of production.
i wonder how the west managed during ussr 🤔
@@fpsgenerator They managed because Russia kept their supply line even during cold war since West had more control on growing market such as latin America. Now with growing market in East such as China and India, situation has changed a lot, where West are more busy in fixing their dollar hegemony. So now Geo political situation is getting clear that East is very much with Russia and situation is quite different. This is where US all weather friend Pakistan can still blackmail USA as a block on energy security of India. China is already out but India is still not out of it.
Considering they really have limited places to fly to outside Russia, the fleet should not be a major concern.
US, EU and couple of other US serfs is a small part of the World. Majority of countries still maintain regular air routes with Russia
@@mrobocop1666 Good for them, but we are done, Russia has the economy the size of Chile and is more trouble than their worth, it is a barbaric and unreliable partner!?!
@@thomasherrin6798 you refer to nominal GDP, which is nonsense Russia's economy size, GDP (PPP) is 4.6 billions is roughly equal to Germany (4.8). If Russia was unreliable partner, all those countries would abandon partnership with it, but they only increasing trade
@@mrobocop1666 Russia has one choice to make. Will they continue to fade in economic relevance or become China's pawn?
@@CAHSR2020 ТЫ СЛИШКОМ ГЛУП! РОССИЯ РЕЗКО НАРАЩИВАЕТ ТОРГОВЛЮ С КИТАЕМ, НО ОСНОВНАЯ СТАВКА НА САМОДОСТАТОЧНОСТЬ РОССИЙСКОЙ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ... И ЭТО ВПОЛНЕ ДОСТИЖИМО... К 2030 ГДУ. НИКАКОЙ ВАССАЛЬНОЙ ЗАВИСИМОСТИ ОТ КИТАЯ НЕ БУДЕТ!!! , В ОТЛИЧИИ ОТ ЕВРОПЕЙСКИХ ПЛЕБЕЕВ США.
interesting that a hammer and sickle is still used on the paint job.
That's Putins dream back to the old Joe Stalin days.
@@thulsadoom544 when Stalin was in charge, the folks in Leningrad baked loaves of bread made with sawdust. not very nutritious.
@@thulsadoom544 who is Joe Stalin? Maybe you meant Joe Biden?
@@billsmith9711that was when Leningrad wa under the deadliest siege in history
They managed to produce ten 214s in 2008 - that being the most ever (one year, 6; couple years, 5). Most years, 1 to 4 were produced. Be interesting to see if they can get 20 built in 2 years. I saw on Wikipedia (some propagandist's edit, I'm sure) that they're supposed to start getting into service in 2023. Well, it's March, almost April. That means 9 months to get one aircraft finished and into passenger service to meet that optimistic deadline. I hope I remember to check back, see if they pulled it off. Doubt it'll be before 2025.
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Previously, there were few of them produced, because such garbage companies as Aeroflot preferred to buy in the West rather than invest and invest in domestic production. Now it's a garbage company running around and praying for Tupolev. Production capacity has grown significantly, because all domestic airlines are interested in TU aircraft.
Chinese parts that should work out really well it’s like buying them from Harbor freight. We all know how that works out.
Michael: China build the A 320 domestically so they have the parts -however Airbus audits will seek to monitor and prevent this.
If you're cheap, you'll only ever buy cheap products
Do not stymie Harbor Freight.
Azimut Airline flies superjets. she has 16 of them
Уже 20 Суперджетов у Азимута.
I can't believe that Russian airplane manufactueers can ramp up production or models that qukckly It takes years to develop a new airliner And what about the engines and avionics?
It takes decades to establish an aviation industry, Russia stopped developing airliners over 30 years ago. The MC-21 is decades old technology that cannot compete with western designs, the ssj is a flop, Russia is saying things that it cannot promise
Given that something as simple as the slightly wrong viscosity of oil in a jet engine can cause it to crash, it’s only a matter of time before something disastrous happens to one of these planes
Since Russia has a long history in aerospace, I think they are not stupid and know that
*seems like you are giggling in anticipation.
@@pxidr Many counties with tight regulations have even longer histories in aviation yet still have accidents, even when they have access to all the latest Airbus and Boeing updates and spare parts. All it takes is one under-pressure engineer, or one hard to source part for an airplace to fail in flight. Just look at any of the videos on the GreenDotAviation channel
@@pxidr Many non-stupid Russians have already left Russia.
@@pxidr Quite a lot, if not most of USSR/Russian aerospace technology was in Ukraine.
Will Russian made aircrafts allowed to fly outside the Russia?
western butthurt won't allow that. Anyway, we will not see any direct flights from Moscow to, for example, Paris or Berlin in our lifetime, I think.
There would be no modern russian aircrafts any more.
@@user-wd1pd7dd3p I think there will be flights from Moscow to Paris or Berlin withina decade or two, just not with any aircraft that's currently in Russia. First, the regime would need to change, but there's more chance of that happening now than ever.
There will be two planets: Russia with allies and the West. And there will be no flights between them ((
@@b127_1 There will need to be a major sea change in Russia and that's not happening, if anything they are collapsing in on themselves and not realising their true predicament, Russia may be unstable for more than two decades!?!
They can do as they please. I wouldn’t be on one of those flights.
Do an aerlingus fleet review
All the sequestrated superyachts should be sold off and the aircraft leasing companies repaid from the proceeds. None of these aircraft will ever be allowed to fly to western countries again. Maintenance on them must dire. Aircraft are highly engineered and require regular maintenance to keep them at an optimal level for safety. Who in their right minds would board an aircraft knowing it hadn't been serviced correctly and has cheap parts on it like brake linings and tyres etc.
I will. Cause it”s like apple story with repair only in approved store.
Check on the recent increase in Russian crashes. You would have to be brave.
@@howardsimpson489 yeah. i know. thank you guys. those deaths will be on western score.
@@user-pm1vf4cj9t When your phone crashes it's just a software glitch, so the comparison is non existent!?!
@@user-pm1vf4cj9t The deaths as all things to do with the internationally illegal and barbaric invasion remain on Russia's score, they only have to leave, they are invading internationally recognised Ukrainian territory, they are breaking all the rules, it is Russia who will be held accountable!?!
I see Ryanair is scrapping two of its 787s just for spares to use and sell. Not just Russias problem.
Ryanair didn't steal their 787s
The west froze 300B of Russian financial assets held outside of the country, so Russia seized western property in response.
Ryanair do not operate Boeing 787s Just B737.
Ryanair is free to buy any spare parts they need, if they decided to...
@@andrius307 that's the problem. There seems to be a world shortage of spares since covid.
what invasion?
Produce your own aircraft to avoid sabotage by CIA
You wouldn't catch me flying on a Aeroflot jet that was patched up by vodka-sozzled engineers using old bits of lawnmowers and recycled fridge parts. I'll leave that to the crazy old babushkas who still think Putin is a hero!
crazy old babushkas - that's all Russian women over the age of 50. Less than 50 - they are mostly crazy young women
@@gregorysurovoi3968 !!!
Yeah, sure, keep flying 737 Neo, you would be much safer by far...
@@Alex-hb5pv Haha!! Yep, I'll leave that for others too :)
SSJ and MC-21 are the big bets for Russia, if they manage to have them fully operational by 2025 with Russian engines then a new chapter opens for Russia where they will again produce 20+ planes per year and go for exports.
Russia has delusions which are not going to be met by their actuality, Russia does not produce planes at present because they are incapable, in 2025 they will not be producing planes, make it 2050 and they might knock out 1 that was ok in 2005, just because Putin issues a decree does not make it happen, hard work, investment and collaboration make it happen, corruption stops all in Russia, they get more money not to make it happen, starting with the President!?!
Russian firms build world class jet engines now and are ready to release a few more models that are cutting edge. They don't need the West very much and can get what they don't build themselves from China and India.
The realistic timeframe for the appearance of Russian mainline aircraft is 2026-27. The regional SSJ-100 will be put into operation next year (2024), with a fully certified PD-8 engine. More interest is the work on large engines PD-35. Sanctions are a great incentive to develop our own industry. This is comparable to the benefits of sanctions on European food, where the EU has suffered losses of 290 or 300 billion euros since 2014. Russian aircraft design bureaus, engine builders and manufacturing factories are very happy about these sanctions and the free space on the market.
@Something-Something-Dark-Sideyou're extremely wrong, disagree....!!@
@@Nahal0nok I guess this is the reason Tu-214 is going to be produced again, ready to fly product untill all certification finishes for MC-21.
One thing for sure, it will be difficult for Aeroflot to fly to international destinations. The airline will not make much money just like the rest of other Russian industries.
Just look at the Flightradar24 map. You’ll see that Aeroflot still has a lot of international flights
Quite the opposite has happened Lol
I hope they build big prop planes that will be cool
it is interesting that they would be looking at Chinese and locally sourced parts knowing fully that should (by some quirk in fate) they ever get back to being able to fly globally, the affected aircraft would need all of the parts to be refitted by oem's to make them airworthy in the international arena. That would have a crippling effect on their fleet.
They can get some chinese tires, but not engines.
@@andreasbohm8210 The Russians can make good engines as well, not just tires.
@@TheMechas56 Russia exports not one value-added product. None. Russia had a chance to become an economic member of the world economy, and instead did the same damn thing that Russia has done for hundreds of years; opted for a quasi-czar in Putin. Until the population of Russia understands that the government serves them, they get what they deserve.
@@currentbatches6205 Russia will survive, one way or another, no matter if the West sanctions Russia a million times.
@@currentbatches6205 Russia even asked for NATO membership, and it was rejected, why ?? well; I’m not going to tell you, you can ask your uncle Peter.
A l’exception de quelques commentaires professionnels de la part de personnes respectables qui restent dans l’honnêteté intellectuelle (bravo à eux, ils se reconnaîtront), nous voyons ici un déluge de russophobie déversée par les anglo-saxons haineux, arrogants et souhaitant tout politiser, tout ramener à leur monde en perdition (Silicon Valley Bank, ça vous dit quelque chose?). Le secteur aéronautique russe s’en sortira très bien, ne vous inquiétez pas!
Maybe if Russians stopped murdering Ukrainian civilians and withdrew back to Russia your popularity my go up...Putin and his mob of gangsters are not a good choice to pin your start on.
I wish the Aeroflot flight LAX-DME reopened. They flew Boeing 777-300s in a 11 hour flight. Let us hope and pray that this war will soon end.
I question if the planes taken on by Turkiye and India will stay there. Or if some backhanded dealings will have them end up in Russia.
Keep questioning, but these two will never give their planes directly to Russia🙄
A few planes repossessed from Nordwind Airlines ended up in the fleet of a Turkish carrier Southwind Airlines created in April 2022, with a very similar logo to Nordwind and a hub in Antalya, the most popular destination among Russian tourists.
If Russia was confident of its ability to manufacture aircraft, it would have ditched Airbus and Boeing a long time ago. I wouldn’t want to be flying on one of the planes with “modified” parts.
Ability was there, but the "big two" dominating the world market was the easy way. Ditching them in favor of locally produced planes would be a positive side-effect of the sanctions.
It is not the ability to manufacturing as it used to manufacture Antonov and Tupolev air crafts in the USSR and these were just as good as Western Jets. Western airports do not allow Russian made aircrafts to land and as a result, Aeroflot has to buy Western aircrafts.
@@DipakBose-bq1vv Except Antonov is Ukrainian, so it's safe to assume they are not in the picture anymore
@@nizzan91 antonov was USSR and he studied at Moscow state university. Later on antonov produced an 2 etc in uktaine. Antonov airlines was ukrainian...
@@jimmyj1969 The problem was that as usual the Russians sucked at after sales and after support. Its always been the unfortunate mentality. "we willl fix it later or its ok" the SSj 100 came in the wong place and the wrong time but would have crushed the market for small budget airlines.
If they produce new versions of existing or new types, they will not be approved to fly in Western airspace.
But they won't be flying there either. The relationship between the two is dead.. They will be flying to Asia, Africa and Latin America
And why would they fly to the West? Did you study geography at school? The world does not revolve around the West, there are still a sufficient number of continents and the population on them is several times greater than the Western one, and these are potential airline customers. I'm not talking about the fact that many Western citizens still fly to Russia via Turkey on the same Aeroflot
@@denisrichu5697 They will be flying to Belarus and China, that's it.
Please make a video of Air India fleet
Beyond the number of aircraft in flying condition, does not seem to bode well for the air safety of the aircraft fleet in Russia.
Don't worry about us, dear citizens of the West. We will cope, in these comments you are so worried about us and our well-being, it's so cute. Some are so afraid that our Russia will become dependent on China, they give different advice. You're all really so cute. But perhaps we'll throw your advice in the trash, OK?
@@VHSKacceta Whatever your political views and beliefs, the main thing remains human lives (whether Russian or Western). But hey, apparently your hatred of nations is blinding you.
@@laurenthoutan8484 I don't have any hatred for nations, I have hatred for your government, man. And there is no need to talk about some kind of concern for ordinary Russians. We can handle it without your concern. Your concern would have been useful in 2014 in Ukraine, but you didn't care then. And today we are enemies from and to. So keep your concern to yourself. One way or another, planes of our production will fly in our sky, ten years will be enough to restore this industrial sphere.
@@VHSKacceta You did not understand that I make fun of the nationality of people. Only life counts!
@@laurenthoutan8484 Society is important. When you talk about Russia, you're talking about a society of people. Therefore, I did not understand what the nation had to do with it.
Meanwhile Qatars A350 complaining
Keep up, QR has ended their legal case with Airbus.
Airbus and Qatar came to a mutual resolution several weeks ago
I’m very aware of all of this and this is a joke
who is Qatar?
It's back to the future for Areoflot. All those aircraft will be considered not airworthy in most of the world. Will any leasing company want to lease them new aircraft again. I would suspect that in the future until the leasing companys are repaid there will be a risk of Aeroflot owned planes being seized to pay debts. What happens when one of their planes falls out of the sky and the fake parts are at fault? Will the passaners get compensation? Will they be sued in an American court?
РОССИЯ СТРОИТ СОТНИ САМОЛЁТОВ ГОД, ДЕСЯТКИ ТИПОВ, БЕЗ ЗАПАДНЫХ КОМПЛЕКТУЮЩИХ... НО ТЕПЕРЬ РЫНОК РОССИИ ЗАКРЫТ ДЛЯ НАЦИСТКИХ СТРАН... КАК И ТРАНЗИТ ЧЕРЕЗ ТЕРРИТОРИЮ РОССИИ...
Just a matter of time before Russian aircraft start falling from the sky or make emergency landings in the ocean.
@@allanritz5323 ЕСЛИ ИДИОТ - ТО ЭТО НАДОЛГО...🤣🤣🤣 МОГИЛА ИСПРАВИТ😂😂😂
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@@user-kw4jw4jd2o what
How come the aeroflot fleet is about the same size as it was a year ago. How are they getting parts and servicing done?
considering the size of the fleet and the value of all the parts they need don't be surprised if western manufacturers are still selling them parts secretly.
Did you watch the video?
Well, you can imagine that some Kazakhstan or Mongolia sells its spare parts to them secretly, that's all. It could be China or anyone else. This may not even work within the framework of the state, but within the framework of relations between airlines
Most of the fleet is grounded or used for parts.On paper the number look good but the reality is dire.The same with their 10k tanks in reseerve before the war while the reality is that only 1 to 2 k are capable of being returned to fight,after major repair work.The rest are scrap metal.
@@georgecristiancripcia4819 flightradar is shown the Russian skies filled with planes. many foreign flights but mostly domestic.
Necessity is the babushka of invention.
to all the idio1s in the comments western airlines will loose a very market for asia flyers reason bcz russia will not allow any eu+g7 aircraft in its airspace .considering russia's gargantuan size currently all western aircraft have to bypass russian airspace .resulting in huge costs ,expensive tickets .all russian friendly countries will instead benefit bcz they use russian airspace and now dominate flights from the west to asia .they are already complaining and wanting russia to open it's airspace .the sanctions on russia's civil aviation sector will be removed otherwise western airline loose a hige chunk of business
Nevermind all those highly profitable overflight fees then?
You wouldn't want to fly on them though...
TUPS built great aircraft,, maybe this war will be good for Ru aviation
That’s pretty sad and unfortunate 😢. I hope that airlines can come out strong after this war… I like the design on the planes!
Well, it is not "unfortunate", it was a decision of Russia to steal most of these aircraft from the leasing companies, and also practically turn them to useless by unathorized repairs. Even after the war finishes, these aircrafts will not be allowed to fly or land out of Russia. And Airbus and Boeing will not conduct business with them for decades, unless they pay the cost of this large-scale aircraft stealing. Just a bunch of cruel thugs.
Ахахаха. Russians will fly on funny Russian-build aircrafts with high chance to crash. I 100% sure
@@cargocult5847 Question is, in that case, if those aircraft would ever be certified to fly in "western" air space. Not so sure about that.
@@spxram4793 it is stupid question. "flying in western space" is not "certified". Go to the school
@@cargocult5847 It is "certified". There is a number of African and regional Turkish carriers who are not allowed to fly into EU airspace due to their maintenance standards, since years.
We want to see russian planes flying again il 62, il 86 ,il 96 and Tupolev .
ЭТИ ТИПЫ ПЕЗНАДЁЖНО УСТАРЕЛИ... БУДУТ НОВЫЕ: МС-21-310, ТУ-214М, SSJ-100NEO, ИЛ-96-400М, ИЛ-114М, ТВС-2С... ВСЕ ИСКЛЮЧИТЕЛЬНО РОССИЙСКИМИ ДВИГАТЕЛЯМИ И КОМПЛЕКТАЦЕЙ
yeah with 1 accident per month like in the ussr ahahaha
@@toffonardi7037 ЛЖЕЦ ПРИВЕДИ ПРИМЕР!
@@user-kw4jw4jd2o A few older models are currently in production mostly because of high demmand.
@@user-kw4jw4jd2o stop with the terrorist language
I feel bad for aeroflot
Why? It's a dump of air company in a dump of a country. They deserve all the bad luck in the world.
They will keep flying until the first one crashes.
And the second one and the third etc.
США и Европа решили помочь авиастроению России, спасибо
Don't worry, in the end it will pay, for everything!?!
@@thomasherrin6798 don't worry, alabama will be independent soon!
@@sportsport9470 And also Scotland
Leaving aside any political commentary this isn't great for aviation. Aeroflot for many years had a horrific safety record and fleet. It finally vastly improved its fleet and performance but seems one way or another it will end up going backwards.
Agreed.
Russian airliners are vastly improved in the last decade and their engines are among the best in the world. This is not the Russia of 50 years ago, anymore.
@@pimpompoom93726 ahahahah they're at least 30 years behind western country and in the next years this gap will increase
@@toffonardi7037 Not in air industry, they're highly competitive there.
@@jimmyj1969 ahahahaha yeah so competitive that any russian jetliner is allowed to land in europe. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought that these russian propaganda brainwashed idiots were mainly in my country but I see that idiots Are everywhere🤣
They've run out of cellotape to hold them together with.
2030 is a LONG ways away.
7 years is a piss in the Pacific for the aerospace industry.
Airoflot to airoflop .. I guess the in flight underpants with added novichok didn't help ticket sales any.
i drink novichok every day, problems?
Aeroflot used to be famous for having more take-offs than landings. They'll need to make jolly sure that they don't regain that reputation when they start using non-oem parts.
And the lack of software updates could rush it a bit, do you think?
Russian airplanes are serviced by Turkish companies, that’s what is keeping them flying at the moment. Please investigate.
Their ability to make complex parts such as avionics will be limited for lack of components. Chips from fridges won’t be enough. The main issue will be the engines ultimately. But that will take years.
"Lease Seizures and Repossessions" is a very nice way of saying "Outright Theft." Rosaviatsiya authorizing such repairs and procedures for modification without consulting either Boeing or Airbus is very concerning. If I was a Russian I would not feel safe flying on planes that could likely have counterfeit parts or reused components that are not certified to be airworthy. Many items including fasteners are meant to be single use components, so there is no telling what sorts of problems will begin to show themselves and there's no telling what sorts of shortcuts or specification mistakes that might occur in the process of manufacturing those counterfeit spare parts. Not to mention that even their "Russian Built" aircraft are only certified with many important components, including avionics and such, that are made by foreign companies who will not continue to supply them with the sanctions still in effect.
When it comes Russia's foreign reserves, or the private possessions of its oligarchs, it's also called " seizures and repossessions". 🤷 Anyways, Boeing and Airbus can only blame themselves. They decided to do the dirty work of their governments. Now the Russians are forced to scrap together what little they have.
Air Baltic has reduced flights because of the inability of Airbus to supply spare parts. It takes eight months to refurbish an engine that once took eight weeks. Air Baltic will obviously not start using counterfeit parts but I think Russia will clearly start to do so unless the war ends and sanctions are lifted.
For libtard - who didn't even check about Russian Aviation stuff. About repairs and etc. - it goes by third party, same like we Russians right now buying some USA's related stuff (which USA sanctioned for Russia, and Russian people) - by Third Party Delivery too. About Russian Built Aircraft - yes, it is, INDEED right now - work under 100% russian components. We already officially finish this problem. "Sukhoi SSJ New" - is basically working on 99% Russian Components. MS-21 - the most new russian Airliner, right now, is gonna be released - 100% Russian component airplane. >>There companies and countries which are not gonna supply them Yes, but there still Countries and Companies, which are LOVELY gonna to do that. Like in famous russian proverb, about business - "Свято место - пустым не бывает" (Or - "Holy/Vital/Important Seat is not gonna be empty, a very long time." ). Which means - "Then other left - there always gonna be another man, which fill this gap, and gonna help". So, atleast read the Geopolitics and Rules of Capitalism. "There's always a way...".
@@user-ss6co6vj5f Those tupolevs arent known for being safe. Especially that 154...and 104.. starting to see a reoccurring theme here. I dont know many western jets that simply just dropped out of the sky or disintegrated.. But i guess thats just russian standard. Cant wait to see Russian aircraft doing it all over again.
@@kali7148 >>russian planes are mot safe >But you fellas, scared asf of new high quality new 5th gen - Su-57. "It's another thing", yea, hypocrite libtard?
I'm impressed they still have alot of those planes flying and we haven't had reports of even more crashes within Russia. They never had a good aviation safety record to begin with LOL
As the russian, I stopped flying at the summer of 2022. The number of incidents is increasing.
When last you heard a Russian passenger air craft crashed
@@dirkbirot2155 Incident is the problem that not necessarily means the crash. More incidents means more possibilities of crash. The last one was couple of weeks ago near Krasnoyarsk.
@@andreasbohm8210 What a nonsense argument, no airline is accident free. Grow up.
Buddy: when you get into an airplane, you’ll never know if you will reach your destination, wether is a Boeing, Airbus, or a Russian made aircraft.
Who in their right mind would fly on the fleet?
Russians
I suspect the Chinese Jets - ARJ21, C919, C929, C939 will soon be flying in Russia.
Soon?! 😅 What's your definition of "soon", comrade? It will probably near the end of this decade before the C929 will actually start carrying commerical passengers. And that's assuming that COMAC will be allowed to use Western engines. By that time, probably half of the Aeroflot fleet may no longer be operational. And don't get me started on the C939. You should do a little research before you starting spouting rubbish like that, comrade!
@@mikelee2213 I got a bit out of you didn't I and know I am not Russian. What I am saying I don't trust China to abide by sanctions and most of the Chinese Jets are direct copies of Airbus or Boeing. China will bye Airbus or Boeing jets and re badge them and ship them of to Russia.
The ARJ already flies between Harbin and Vladivostok.
Applying sanctions to a resilient people is a great way to make them stronger.
I presume it applies to Ukrainians too.
@@martinhughes8500 Who and when imposed sanctions on Ukrainians?
Back to the old Tupolevs - the flying coffins ⚰️
The TU154 was a fair airplane, IF well maintained, it's record was better than average. Partly due to it's high power/weight ratio, necessary for take offs from grass airfields. But poor pilot training, poor maintenance, high fuel consumption and sheer noise killed it off.
....BOEING ,,,,,THINKS. THEY ARE EINSTEIN,,,,, NOBODY ,,,, ELSE,,,,CAN DO .
When ever they return to flying into other air port those planes will be seize for thieft
I don’t understand can’t aeroflot buy parts from Chinese run airlines? Why can’t Aeroflot ask China airways, do you mind selling us part xxx-xxxx-xxxx for their entire fleet?
They don’t produce the parts, also would be sanction evasion
China wouldn’t sell Russia the parts because they know they would be put under more sanctions. Also, China has started leaning away from Russia.
To avoid sanctions.
Or maybe just place an order for the C919
Because if China is directly and openly supplying those parts to Russia they will be massively sanctioned by all of the countries currently sanctioning Russia.
Очень интересный обзор, большое спасибо из России! Благодаря западным санкциям появился уникальный шанс возродить своё гражданское авиастроение, ну а Боинг и Эйрбас могут только жалеть о потере такого рынка.
Like they give a sh1t about that piss poor country
@@ChiuaruStefan камрад, твой английский сильно далёк от идеального, ты походу сам из этой страны.
@@krupnozer Another excellent example of russian stupidity. Great comeback ! 🤦♂️
@@ChiuaruStefan ты про себя? Ну да, я так и подумал сразу.
Aero plop is going to try to go it alone .
Well, they are faring better than I thought.
Where can a Russian passport take a person anyways ?
When a so called superpower does not make its own airliners .
MC-21, SS-100, Tu-214 are russian, aren't they?
Boeing and Airbus cant survive without russian titanium alloy.😅
Germany, The UK, and Japan are considered superpowers and they don't produce thier own passenger jets.
@@alexclark6397 As we see now in the Ukraine Russia invasion its becoming team west vs the rest. Since Boeing and Airbus are both from the west not every western country needs their own airliner factory. Russia however under sanctions will need to stripe parts to keep flying.
Airbus build by 7 countries unlike Russia
2022 russia buid 0 aircraft!!!!
Nothing is comprised of. It may be composed of, or comprise. The King's English.
These planes were all leased! They just took these planes
I would never fly an aircraft that has Russian-made spare parts.
It was scary back then - then the first SSJ was released. Right now - many of Russian made planes, are quality made and etc. Tupolev, Sukhoi, Ilyushin... Many Modern Russian planes - right now, are working fine, and even flying in other countries fleet.
@@user-ss6co6vj5f "Modern"
@@user-ss6co6vj5f do you mean north korea by "other countries"
@@FinlandGuy747 No, my dear libtard, i already wrote - who is gonna help. Like for my buyings from BadDragon store or Sheplers store - are North Korea helping? No. Just like - i said third party re-sellers, and countires. And there many countries - who support russia. Whole Africa continent, Serbia, Afghan, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Egypt and whole Middle East which been attacked by USA's Army (300+ Warcrimes, and still counting). Many choose to work with russia - like famous senator of USA said: "Better be with USA - as enemies, because as friend - you gonna die soon". Remember when USA - support Kaddafi, Saddam Husein, even then Ben Laden was just another "Navalny" guy for them, and now? All dead. Anyway - like in famous Russian Proverb - "water are always finds a hole". Same here - Parallel/Gray Imports still working in Russia, and you still can buy spare parts of planes in other countries, not directly. Go praise hitler and ukraine's BANDERA(!) MY "finlandguy", Siege of Leningrad (by your country) didn't learn anything for you and your country, really, yea?
@@FinlandGuy747 """Hey-hey look i am stupid scandinavian libtard, who didn't know - what mean is, aftermarket stuff and how modern planes in russia, actually are, and i trying - for nothing better, just to flame some russian - like a pathetic kid, i am are"" And yes, atleast MS-21 is very new. SSJ - ye[, plane of 2010's era, but that's it.
They may keep their foreign jets flying but as the Russian economy craters, who will still be able to afford to fly in Russia. I imagine passenger numbers are trending downward. Fuel will definitely be cheap since foreign customers for Russian petroleum products is thinning out. They have to be giving jet fuel away to keep their refineries producing something....
0:26 Back to the 'Communist' Hammer and Cycle?! *Shocking!*
Aeroflot never abandoned old branding
@@beibotanov Just like Russian government never actually abandoned slavery; they put it on the back burner, is all. Here slavery is coming to the front burner thanks to efing 'communists'!
@@dragonspaw.blogspot4461 if you're trolling, you got me heated up. If you're really think the same thing as you say, then what a narrow -minded person you are!
@@beibotanov Are you serious? We're in the middle of a slow rolling 'communist' COUP identical to yours, except slower. Our 9/11 attack and weaponization of even SCHOOLS with this Talmudic sexual garbage with children, our various 'Red Terror' attacks, even in our schools, to disarm us. Oh, and let's not forget rule one: you cannot speak of certain criminals under the 'hate speech' canard. Don't interpret that to mean we're any better, but I can and likely will prove Putin too is a Masonic WITCH with his 'Special Military Operation' as it's "33" at the occult level and has Pi encoded at least 5 times.
@@dragonspaw.blogspot4461 I'm surprised by you pouring out your soul like this. So, I seriously answer anyone like yourself - move to Russia. It feels like 1970's USA here - no street crime, no mad people on streets, almost no homeless people, no LGBT or feminism propaganda. Free speech is still present to a greater extent than in the West, despite recent gov't measures to catch up. Quite comfortable to be a Christian here, as Expat American says. In Moscow or Petersburg a foreigner can live well without knowing Russian - most signs and stop anchors are dubbed in English. Regarding employment, an American would be in great demand in tutoring industry just by being a native English speaker, same for most other popular languages; there is a SkyEng school, it's got a YT channel, and it's face is a stereotypical Democratic party voter, 100% soy, and he is in dire need for some competition from the other side, I recon. The only contra for you is that firearm ownership in Russia, as for most of European countries, is not a right but a privilege. I own a shotgun and an AK myself. Not for self-defense, because in safe Russian cities a situation when gun would come in handy is highly improbable, just for sporting. Licenses are not hard to get, as long as you're not a convict, junkie or a psycho. There are plenty of YT channels on this topic, enough to evaluate if it's worth it, aforementioned Expat American seemed like a decent dude to me.
>"the fleet of Aeroflot will likely become increasingly comprised of Russian-built aircraft" Ah yes. like how reliable and successful they were during the Cold War and weren't plagued with all sorts of problems and crashes.
Take into account that Aeroflot was not a unified enterprise then, but consisted of many regional subdivisions along with the international flagship division. Safety and service would of course vary depending on the division.
il96 is the safest airplane in the world though?
La aviación rusa va a florecer ,mucho mejor
Since the Russian can build big planes it won't be a problem.
They don't, it will!?!
Weren't the big Antonovs built in Ukraine?
@@sarkybugger5009 they were built through all the SU. Some of this old cooperation is restored, Tashkent plane plant is running again, i heard
Which ones are these ? The MC21 ?
Please do an Air India Fleet Review! Love from India
There is a Boeing factory in CHINA
Orrection, western and European aircrafts.
If Russia withdraws from Ukraine tomorrow, they could have their parts for the weekend. Just saying.
Neither will happen.
@@user-kw4jw4jd2o We'll be seeing about that.
you know that that wouldnt happen as europeans are dumb as heck
УКРАИНА - ЭТО ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ЗЕМЛИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ: НОВОРОССИЯ И МАЛОРОССИЯ... И РОССИЯ НЕ УЙДЁТ!!!
@@user-kw4jw4jd2o : your country is devolving, demilitarising, and has no international future Ivan.