To develop a civil supersonic airliner, Russian aircraft designers will need at least 7-8 years.

Earlier, the information resource Avia.pro reported that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin invited Russian aircraft designers to create a passenger liner on the basis of the Russian supersonic strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-160. This idea found support, especially since the aircraft manufacturers stated that work was already underway in this direction, while there appeared data that the design of the new aircraft would take about 7-8 years, while the implementation of the project with subsequent tests can take about 10-12 years.

Experts believe that if, in 2030, a civil supersonic passenger airliner is actually created, it will become morally obsolete during the development period, especially since by the middle of the next decade such large planes are planned to be produced by large foreign producers, which will provide adequate demand for Russian development.

Nevertheless, according to preliminary estimates of specialists, the cost of a supersonic passenger airliner may be about 120-140 million dollars, which is much more promising than the expected for the production of foreign supersonic aircraft.