Russia abandons ownership at Czech aircraft manufacturer L-410

The Russian founders, at the request of the Czech government, have withdrawn from the founders of the L-410 light twin-screw aircraft manufacturer.

Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Oleg Bocharov said on September 7 at the session "Air Transport accessibility of the Far East in turbulence" at the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF), TASS reports.

"Unfortunately, colleagues from the Czech Republic have followed the path of other airlines of unfriendly states. Despite all the preliminary beliefs, their and our hopes, it is at the request of the Czech government that we leave the light assembly and fuselage on the territory of the Czech Republic. We thought that this industrial cooperation was important to us. But the situation is as follows: the founders were changed. The Russian founders withdrew from the company. Other people with other powers went there," Bocharov said.

He stressed that Russia was actually the only customer for this plant, but the Czech side "did everything to destroy this cooperation and all hopes for its restoration".

The Industry and Trade Ministry, the Transport Ministry, and the United Far Eastern Airlines (the primary customer of this type of aircraft) are currently considering three scenarios for replacing the L-410.