Analyst: International Partnerships Are Key To Russian Aviation Success

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For an industry long absent from the international arena, Russian aircraft manufacturers generated a surprising amount of interest at Farnborough this year. Although Western companies like Airbus and Boeing dominate the narrow-body and wide-body category, Embraer and Bombardier the regional jet category, and Bombardier and ATR the turbo-prop category, things are slowly shifting. Because the Airbus A320 aircraft family and Boeing 737 family are still on the fence about whether to adopt the clean sheet narrow body model, newcomers have a rare opportunity to optimize on market interest in the production of such aircraft, according to Frost & Sullivan. With the right strategic partnerships with western manufacturers, Russian aircraft are more likely to succeed on the international arena.