Russia and CIS to take three-to-eight per cent of all new aircraft deliveries within two decades

Russia & CIS aircraft forecast Major planemakers are forecasting modest growth of commercial aviation in Russia and the CIS, as economic indicators improve (Leonid Faerberg / Transport-Photo.com)

In their 20-year forecasts – published in advance of the UK’s Farnborough International Air Show – the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers of Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and ATR, predicted the commercial aviation sector in Russia and the CIS region will grow in line with the general improvement of economic indicators.

According to Airbus forecasts, in the period from 2018 to 2037, the commercial aviation industry in the region will demand 1,221 new commercial jets with 100-plus seats, amounting to a value of US$175 billion. The estimate is based on a 4.4 per cent traffic growth forecast and corresponds to 3.3 per cent of the total global demand for aircraft.

Demand in the single-aisle segment is estimated at 998 aircraft (79.3 per cent of the total), a further 156 aircraft will be medium capacity narrow-bodies (12.4 per cent) and, in the wide-body segment, airlines will need 47 aircraft (3.7 per cent). The remaining 58 aircraft will be in the extra-capacity segment (4.6 per cent of the total).

In the freighter arena, demand in the region is expected to rank third in the world, accounting for less than five per cent of the global requirement, with 38 aircraft at an estimated cost of $11 billion. There are currently 70 freighter aircraft in operation in the region today, and the region’s fleet is expected to grow by 32.9 per cent by 2037.

For this year, the European aircraft manufacturer estimates that the total passenger airliner fleet in Russia and the CIS will reach 857, making up 4.3 per cent of the global fleet. Within two decades the list is expected to double to 1,713 aircraft, or 3.8 per cent of the global inventory.

Boeing’s forecast for the same period anticipates that three per cent of global airliner deliveries, or 1,290 aircraft, will go to operators in Russia and the CIS. The narrow-body segment is expected to experience the highest demand, the share of such aircraft reaching 70 per cent (900 aircraft) of the collective fleet. Regional jets will account for 16 per cent of all new deliveries (210 aircraft) and a further 12 per cent (150 aircraft) will be wide-bodies. The remaining two per cent, or 30 aircraft, will be freighters.

Boeing’s estimate of the collectively-operated fleet in the Russia and CIS region is different from that of Airbus, with the current fleet of 1,180 aircraft expected to grow 67 per cent to 1,970 aircraft, according to the Seattle, US-based company.

Embraer’s forecast accounts for aircraft with a capacity of 150 seats or less and in this category, airlines in Russia and the CIS will need 580 aircraft, or six per cent of all new deliveries within the next two decades, it predicts. Of this number, some 490 units will be jet aircraft and the remaining 90 turboprops. The total fleet in this seating capacity range is expected to grow from the current 500 to 880 aircraft in 2037.

ATR, which focuses only on the turboprop market, offers an optimistic forecast, predicting a 60 per cent increase of the global turboprop fleet within the next 20 years. The company does not proffer a separate estimate for Russia and the CIS, instead grouping the region together with eastern Europe. Nevertheless, within this larger territory, the total fleet of turboprops is expected to almost triple from the current 100 to 280 aircraft due to an expected revival of regional and local aviation services. In the period, there will be 250 new deliveries, accounting for 8.3 per cent of the total number of turboprop deliveries globally, says ATR.

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