The aviation sector is a primary driver of bilateral United States (US)-Russia trade. Between 2010 and 2015, Russia imported more airplanes from the United States than it did in the preceding 15 years (OEC 2016). At the same time, trade in most other in- dustries either stagnated or decreased between these years, leading airplane trade to account for 35 percent of total US-Russia trade (OEC 2016). Meanwhile, the Russian administration actively encourages the development of domestic aircraft manufac- ture by subsidizing the United Aircraft Corporation and the production of planes such as the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and the Irkut MC-21. In this paper, we explain why, between 2010-2014, there was an increase in imports of American aircraft to Russia, but not in imports of Russian-made planes to the United States. Examining America’s Boeing Company and Europe’s Airbus Group, we consider a range of factors that influence these import shares, including private and public interests as well as purchase and leasing contracts.

Boeing in Russia: an analysis of the aircraft industry in turbulent times, 1990 to the present

Ballor, Grace;
2017

Abstract

The aviation sector is a primary driver of bilateral United States (US)-Russia trade. Between 2010 and 2015, Russia imported more airplanes from the United States than it did in the preceding 15 years (OEC 2016). At the same time, trade in most other in- dustries either stagnated or decreased between these years, leading airplane trade to account for 35 percent of total US-Russia trade (OEC 2016). Meanwhile, the Russian administration actively encourages the development of domestic aircraft manufac- ture by subsidizing the United Aircraft Corporation and the production of planes such as the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and the Irkut MC-21. In this paper, we explain why, between 2010-2014, there was an increase in imports of American aircraft to Russia, but not in imports of Russian-made planes to the United States. Examining America’s Boeing Company and Europe’s Airbus Group, we consider a range of factors that influence these import shares, including private and public interests as well as purchase and leasing contracts.
2017
Ballor, Grace; Dorofeev, Alexander; Hevey, Kirstyn; Shchukina, Sofia; Sobolev, Timur
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