DUBAI/United Arab Emirates/, November 18. /TASS/. Transfer of shares of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) to Rostec is scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2020, CEO of Rostec Sergei Chemezov told reporters on Monday.

"Transfer of UAC shares to Rostec is in progress. It will take some more time, but I hope that we will complete it in the first half of next year. After that, we must reorganize the entire air cluster, make three or maybe four divisions. There will be civilian, military, transport division, and possibly the fourth, strategic aviation," he said.

"Naturally, we need to work to reduce costs, there will be some kind of change in the organizational structure so that all companies that were previously within the UAC are included in the Rostec aviation cluster," Chemezov added.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is a Russian holding uniting 24 major companies of the domestic aircraft industry and 15 aircraft repair plants. The company is included in the list of strategic enterprises of Russia.

UAC is being integrated into Rostec. In October 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring 92.31% in the UAC to Rostec.