MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Russia plans to produce 10 Tupolev Tu-214 airliners per year by 2025. Currently around two-three of these planes are manufactured annually, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Thursday.

"In order to provide a safety net for the MC-21 medium-haul aircraft, we are boosting production of the well-known Tu-214 airliner manufactured by the Kazan Aviation Plant. We expect to reach a volume of 10 planes per year by 2025 and then gradually increase the production of the MC-21 aircraft," he said in an interview with Soloviev.Live TV channel.

Manturov noted that now 2-3 such airliners are produced per year for state aviation.

Russian air carriers will start receiving Tu-214 and Il-96 airliners starting from 2024, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said earlier. By 2030, more than 70 planes are scheduled for delivery, he said.

The need to increase production of the Tu-214 and Il-96 airliners arose as a result of having to tackle the West’s sanctions against Russia, which included the termination of Airbus and Boeing deliveries, and the refusal of European countries and the United States to maintain and supply spare parts for the fleet of Russian airlines.