The fact that UK declined visa requests for some members of Russian delegation barring them from visiting Farnborough 2014 airshow made things difficult for Russian delegation, but did not affect its performance. In fact they just sparked interest among Western companies in contracts with Russian partners. Some of them met with representatives of Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to obtain assurances that deliveries will carry on as normal in the network of previously signed contracts; others wanted to sign new agreements. For example, Aviation Equipment Holding Company signed a contract with Safran Group for joint development of APU for advanced Russian helicopters. The condition of our aircraft industry does not allow us to talk about significant sales of Russian-produced aircraft at the global market. But a journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

On July 5th 2014 a solemn handover ceremony dedicated to delivery of the first upgraded Il-38N aircraft to Russian navy was held at the airfield of Gromov Flight Research Institute (Zhukovsky, Moscow Region); the aircraft was named after R.P. Papkovsky.

Briefing with the media, dedicated to the newly identified facts which relate to the aviation disaster of Malaysian aircraft "Boeing 777".

On June 2nd 2014 the Aviation Equipment Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) held a solemn ceremony dedicated to the opening of the Russia’s first specialized design center for development of aircraft systems in Moscow. It is the first engineering center in the country, which allows centrally managing the regional design bureaus, located at the sites of the holding’s companies, from the design center located in Moscow. A unified concurrent engineering system will be implemented by the holding’s enterprises.

In late December 2013 the Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said during his interview at “Russia 24” TV channel that the Ministry plans to deliver 20 Tu-204SM aircraft to Russian and foreign carriers over the next 5 years. However, it is rumored that the top management of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have banned their employees from working on the 204SM project under penalty of dismissal. The UAC’s attitude towards the project was demonstrated at MAKS-2013 airshow, when not a single representative of UAC’s management attended the signing of two contracts for delivery of Tu-204. It was clear: the contracts were signed in order to present a report to the government, but in fact no one was going to implement them. And UAC’s program at the airshow did not include the presentation of the new recently certified aircraft. It remained in the aircraft static display area overlooked by high-ranking guests and mass media. However, we did not miss the opportunity to visit Tu-204SM and talk to representatives of legendary Tupolev design bureau. We had just one question: what is Tu-204SM?

Airshow China 2014 took place at Zhuhai, Guangdong in November 11-16. The event attracted many local and foreign participants and guests. There were many Russians at the show, including aircraft manufacturers and financiers. Ilyushin Finance Company (IFC) was among them. IFC general manager Alexander Roubtsov talked to the press recently about prospects in Asia-Pacific.

Interview with the Ka-52 helicopter crew at the Paris Air Show 2013: Alexander Cherednichenko, test pilot from Kamov Design Bureau, and Mikhail Pavlenko, holder of the state award Honored Test Pilot of Russia.

Interview with CEO of Ilyushin Finance & Co. (IFC)

Interview with Sergey Bogdan, test-pilot of Sukhoi Design Bureau.

The visit of the Russian delegation to Canada a contract was signed between the Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) and Bombardier to supply 300 aircraft CSeries.