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Russia will have its own aircraft corporation

Moscow, Russia - President Putin signs the decree which leads off the operation

Soviet aircraft industry employed 1.5 million people, but in today’s Russia the same sector is considerably downsized, employing less than a third of its original work force and gathering in three main manufacturers, Sukhoi, MiG and Irkut, which account for around 90% of total sales. In June the President Vladimir Putin had affirmed the government’s will to reinvigorate national aircraft industry, whi...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 136358
Rome, Italy, 02/22/2006 16:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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