A very nice peace of equipment! I am confident in its bright future. Hope it will take a great deal of the transportation market.

This is quite obvious that under the Great Putin, the Russian industries have gained great boosts. Now, the Russians consider and focus much on quality rather than quantity. I would love flying as a passenger on this new metal bird. Daud

Daud, Absolutely correct, quality is the way to go. Producing quality products that can take market share both domesticaly and internationally is the way forward, especially when these products are based on our core competencies and competitive advantages. A thriving Aeropsace industry is essential to a modern Russia, it doesn't happen by chance and without support. Our government has done the right thing in supporting it, it can now start to bear fruit. It is a strategic industry that cam provide foreign trade, technological advancement and high value employment for our people. We have domestic demand, with an ailing fleet, to kick start this industry into mass production. We have very good commercial opportunities, we have the products, the demand and the finace. Let's keep moving forward and enable the industry to regain critical mass. This can only be done with the helping hand of government. They have been wise until now, I can only imagine that wisdom will continue as we see a plethora of new aircraft on our domestic routes, supported by creative finance arrangements, so that the whole ownership cycle is fully enabled.