Three Russian airlines can imagine adding reactivated locally manufactured aircraft to their fleets. There are a total of eleven aircraft that are being prepared for flight by the United Aircraft Corporation.

The Ministry of Trade of the Russian Federation wants to provide the equivalent of around 253 million euros to reactivate an Antonov An-124, two Ilyushin Il-96-400T and eight Tupolev Tu-204/214 and bring them back to flight operations. The project should be completed by 2024 at the latest.

Aviastar-TU, Red Wings and Volga-Dnepr Airlines have expressed interest in operating these aircraft, according to a report in the Vedomosti newspaper. These are to be leased at greatly reduced terms via a state leasing company. Red Wings has already stated that talks are being held about the eight Tu-204/214. However, no one wanted to give any further details.

The first reactivated machines can be handed over to operators around the end of 2022. On the part of the United Aircraft Corporation, one is still buttoned up which airline they will go to. The government of the Russian Federation wants to react to the fact that spare parts for Western models cannot be obtained legally by reactivating older aircraft, which are considered uneconomical. Also "Homemade" was envisaged for machines from the manufacturers Boeing and Airbus.