Matt Molnar
2008-03-16, 05:26 PM
AP, via Dow Jones Newswires, via CNNMoney:
Russia Needs Western Airliners To Meet High Demand -Officials (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803131308DOWJONESDJONLINE000894_FORTUNE5.htm)
March 13, 2008: 01:08 PM EST
MOSCOW (AP)--Russia's aviation industry is unable to meet the growing domestic demand for new passenger planes, and the carriers will have to import Western- made airliners, officials said Thursday.
The statements during parliamentary hearings were in stark contrast with President Vladimir Putin's pledges to revive the nation's aviation industry.
Russian airlines need to replace their aging Soviet-built OAO Tupolev ( TUPL.RS)and Ilyushin (AKIL.RS) airliners quickly, but the nation's once-mighty aviation enterprises, weakened by a post-Soviet economic meltdown, can't produce enough aircraft, industry officials said during hearings in the Russian parliament. [FULL ARTICLE (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803131308DOWJONESDJONLINE000894_FORTUNE5.htm)]
These guys are brave. Putin made a lot of big promises and they're basically saying he was either an idiot or flat out lying when he made them because they're impossible to fulfill.
Russia Needs Western Airliners To Meet High Demand -Officials (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803131308DOWJONESDJONLINE000894_FORTUNE5.htm)
March 13, 2008: 01:08 PM EST
MOSCOW (AP)--Russia's aviation industry is unable to meet the growing domestic demand for new passenger planes, and the carriers will have to import Western- made airliners, officials said Thursday.
The statements during parliamentary hearings were in stark contrast with President Vladimir Putin's pledges to revive the nation's aviation industry.
Russian airlines need to replace their aging Soviet-built OAO Tupolev ( TUPL.RS)and Ilyushin (AKIL.RS) airliners quickly, but the nation's once-mighty aviation enterprises, weakened by a post-Soviet economic meltdown, can't produce enough aircraft, industry officials said during hearings in the Russian parliament. [FULL ARTICLE (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200803131308DOWJONESDJONLINE000894_FORTUNE5.htm)]
These guys are brave. Putin made a lot of big promises and they're basically saying he was either an idiot or flat out lying when he made them because they're impossible to fulfill.