He noted that the sanctions restrictions posed many additional tasks for Russia, creating problems with the supply of components, materials and equipment.
“At the same time, Russia has every opportunity to help the domestic aviation industry not only overcome the current difficulties, but also receive a new impetus for development.
And this, of course, is a chance for the aviation enterprises of the industry to significantly increase production volumes, ”RIA Novosti quoted Patrushev as saying.
Patrushev stressed that the aviation industry "needs to increase capacity and create new production lines in a short time."
Earlier, the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Alexander Neradko, said that Russian aircraft in the process of establishing their mass production will gradually replace Western ones in the fleet of domestic airlines.
Aviation expert Roman Gusarov, in an interview with NSN, said that Western sanctions did not affect the safety of flights of Russian airlines.