On March 4, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Director General of Tupolev Company Alexander Konyukhov discussed issues of the further strategic development of the Kazan Aircraft Plant named after Gorbunov, a branch of Tupolev Company (part of the United Aircraft Corporation), technical re-equipment of production areas and the implementation of state contracts.
Konyukhov regularly visits the aircraft plant and takes part in the discussion of issues on its modernization.