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up_down_n_out 29th Dec 2016 10:42


no 'Monday Morning' components were included in the assembly, because of poor working practices and poor management oversight.
You only had to stroll around a USSR factory to see why that was - if the factory was dingy, dirty and rubbish strewn, what chance was there for consistently perfect component manufacture?
Presumably you have been strolling around above companies and in Ukraine too?

Strange how you Americans, are using those same companies to launch satellites, but never ever had a space shuttle failure? /sarc

Mora34 29th Dec 2016 11:10

Half of the Interjet's fleet of 22 grounded. First one will be back in service after repairs on Jan 5th and the last one not until Jan 30th.

http://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/1...os-cancelados/

up_down_n_out 29th Dec 2016 11:22


~20% increase in domestic flights in 2016 YoY
~10% decrease in international flights, mostly due to Turkey/Egypt ban
O.T. of course.
You don't live there.

The changes in useage are quite simply a reflection of the fallen Rouble rate, and the bankrupcy of large numbers of the tour operators.

Domestic flights are cheap, but we knew that with subsidies and a/p taxes paid in Rouble.
International flights are expensive, with higher a/p taxes payable in foreign, so it doesn't take a maths degree to work out the stunning downturn.

The "average" Russian consumer no longer can afford that holiday in the sun, so AFL mainly being government owned, heavily promoted subsidised tourism to Krym, which has an absolute collapse of its tourist industry, and a staggering 100% price rise on the peninsula.

It's now yet another miserable failed semi-region with lower standard of living even than impoverished Pskov or Novgorod, which are well recognisable black holes.


Crimea had around 6 million visitors a year before the 2014 annexation
,now, 2016, under half that, with the primary industry being tourism.

There's statistics, lies, damn lies and manipulations. :ugh:

Fonsini 7th Jan 2017 20:03

Up to 60% non-availability, a lack of spare parts, and now metal fatigue.

This seems unlikely to restore the faith of airlines in Russian made equipment.

DaveReidUK 7th Jan 2017 23:25

We don't know that, only that cracks have been found. The two aren't synonymous.

andrasz 8th Jan 2017 19:21

Indeed they aren't. But if cracks appear in a load bearing metal structure unexpectedly, that can mean ONLY two things:
1) structural load was greater for some reason than anticipated and designed for; or
2) metal properties did not meet design specifications.
Neither bode too well...

Volume 9th Jan 2017 06:49

; or
3) additional stress was put on the item due to the manufacturing process (e.g. poor tolerances)

In that case, the issue may have already ben cought up by the learning curve of the production staff...

DaveReidUK 9th Jan 2017 11:59

See (1) above.

luchtzak 9th Jan 2017 20:51

Meanwhile Interjet resumes operations with SSJ: Interjet resumes Sukhoi Superjet 100 operations - Luchtzak.be


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