The agenda: extending the Family Mortgage programme, supporting airports in southern and central regions, helping manufacture of MC-21 aircraft.
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks
Excerpts from the transcript:
Mikhail Mishustin: Good afternoon, colleagues, As per the President’s instruction, the Government is extending the duration of the Family Mortgage programme, so that more young parents will be able to purchase their own homes. It will be possible for parents to take out soft mortgages until 1 July 2024, provided that the child is born before the end of next year. Implemented on the initiative of the President, this programme was launched over four years ago. Since mid-2021, it has covered parents with two or more children, as well as parents with one child, born not later than on 1 January 2018. These families can take out loans with a maximum annual interest rate of 6 percent to buy or build their own housing, including flats in new residential buildings and private homes.
Over 150,000 families will be able to take out these mortgages next year, and the total value of these loans is estimated at about one trillion roubles.
We will continue to support airports in some cities in the Southern and Central federal districts, where flights have been temporarily suspended.
The President noted the need to give comprehensive support to these companies. The Government is providing them with an additional two billion-plus roubles, so as to reimburse them for their operational costs. This year, we will spend over 7.5 billion roubles for these purposes. This decision will make it possible to retain skilled staff and to resume scheduled flights as soon as possible.
It is important to retain the transport connectivity of the various communities, affected by flight restrictions, while simultaneously expanding alternative transport options, so that people will be able to reach their destinations, and to avoid businesses facing logistical problems.
Now, let’s discuss batch production of MC-21 medium-range airliners. The second MC-21 prototype with Russian-made PD-14 engines recently flew for over five hours. The first plane is currently involved in a programme of additional certification tests.
Under a plan of high-priority economic support measures, we have stipulated measures for developing high-tech production facilities. This includes efforts to provide aircraft plants with modern equipment, so that they can offer high-quality goods using their own production capacities.
We will set aside 15 billion roubles for these purposes, provided that the first equipment batch is ordered in 2022, and that the rest will be delivered in the next three years.
We hope that this support will allow the aviation industry to manufacture at least 36 airliners annually. The domestic market needs these aircraft, in the first place, so that Russian citizens will be able to use these transport services despite foreign pressure.
Denis
Manturov, please update us on the projects to manufacture the MC-21 airliners
and to upgrade the Sukhoi Superjet 100 planes.
Denis Manturov: Mr Mishustin, first of all, I would like to thank you for your decision to allocate funds ahead of schedule to re-equip the facilities for the MC-21. This really allows us to accelerate the preparation of production facilities for serial production of the future flagship of our civil aviation. For the same purpose, we have maximally intensified all work on the import substitution of 82 aircraft systems. We have already created prototypes for a number of items. These include, in particular, the fuel tank protection system, the latest generation of electric drives, elements of on-board avionics and materials for the fuselage's thermal and sound insulation. We already have experience in prompt substitution of key MC-21 components. You remember the examples, relating to the import substitution of composite materials and the integration of the PD-14 engine.
Last week, as you mentioned, we connected the second aircraft to tests with a Russian-made propulsion system. It is currently on a test programme in Zhukovsky. And the first prototype aircraft with Russian engines has already made over 100 successful flights. Rostec has been tasked with completing certification of the MC-21 with the PD-14 and a wing made of domestic composites by the end of the year. This will be an important milestone.
But the key milestone for us is to obtain certification for a fully Russian-designed aircraft in 2024 and go into mass production. We will gradually increase the output to reach annual production of up to 72 planes by 2029.
A large, I would say unprecedented, order has already been placed for the planes that were part of the production plan. Their anchor operator will be Aeroflot. The company signed an agreement with the United Aircraft Corporation on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in September, to deliver 210 MC-21s and 89 Sukhoi Superjets by 2030. We are talking specifically about the Russian Sukhoi Superjet New.
Work is being completed on 38 systems for this aircraft. The most important component is, of course, the PD-8 engine made by ODK-Saturn. By the end of the year, they will be at the flying laboratory. In all, two flight and one resource aircraft are being manufactured for the certification tests of new Superjets. The first flight is scheduled for spring next year, the certification, as we reported, is due in December 2023. And we hope to deliver primarily the first two production aircraft in 2024 and then to reach the production target of 20 Superjets a year.
I can confirm that the industry is now fully capable of meeting all the targets set by the President and by you, because it is a matter of transport connectivity for the country. Our cooperation and our science are working at full capacity. I am sure we will cope with the task at hand.
Mikhail Mishustin: Thank you, Mr Manturov. The deadline you set for the two planes and for the output is a must. Regardless of the state of affairs in the strategic aviation industry, it is vital to move confidently and quickly towards achieving technological sovereignty, of course, by ensuring all the safety-related elements. I ask you to keep each stage of the work under your personal control and, if you have any questions, make a prompt decision and report back as soon as possible.
