Sukhoi display in Paris to see Russian aviation manufacturing carve global niche
Published: 19 June, 2009, 20:15
The world's two leading aircraft builders were joined by a third this week at the Paris airshow, as Russia's Sukhoi unveiled its new SuperJet 100 to public eyes.
There is absolutly no reason why Russia will not be the third commercial airplanes' manufacturer in the World. Yesterday, I visited the Bourget Air show, entered inside the Superjet 100. Having been employed by the american aerospace industry for 20 years, I quiet appreciated that visit. Beside, the russian personnal was very courteous and expert in the matter. The american, europeans and particularely french military hardwares were in evidence to promote the billions € wasted for self-destruction. Somehow, I was desapointed not to see what is supposed to be the best technological advanced warplane in the World: the SU 35 Cobra. It will have shut some peoples' mouth. Sincerely. Jean-Claude Meslin
What Boeing is saying is true, Russia has got the marketing right for this aircraft, and has a domestic market to grow the industry. Sukhoi and their partners have done their job. Now it's time for our government to put its money where its mouth is, regarding diverse industry, and enable the deployment of these aircraft on suitable domestic routes. 2 - 4 billion dollars, would be a great start to finace this domestic deployment. We need move quickly, to take the third slot, an organic growth model, is not going to work. It will leave our industry languishing in subsequent international markets.