There is a tourism market sitting and waiting there in Russia. No American wants to get on some thirty-year old TU-154 and gamble away on a 80-20 shot of getting to the destination.
I’ll predict in ten years that dozens of hunting ‘ranches’ will be in existence in Siberia, and 500,000 Americans will fly over yearly to hunt for a week with no rules or game wardens on their tail.
737’s have done well for Souhwest
When the Communist Chinese do this...the Communist Globalists cheer. When the Russians do this....(crickets)