Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia’s Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine program has entered the third phase of flight tests, United Engine Corporation (UEC) reports. The phase is intended for verifying the results of the previous, pre-certification test flights, after which the Federal Air Transport Agency is expected to issue a type certificate for the powerplant. A single production-compliant flying prototype is […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On October 17 2017, the first test MC-21-300 aircraft flew from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant to the airfield of Flight Research Institute n.a. M.M. Gromov (Ramenskoye, Moscow Region), to continue flight tests. The aircraft flew nonstop 4 500 km for 6 hours at the altitude of 10 000 meters. Mr Oleg Kononenko, the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After test flights were successfully completed in June, the Russian built single-aisle twinjet MC-21 is now being prepped for a second round of testing. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018 and Russian state media has said numerous contracts with domestic and foreign carriers have already been agreed, although it is largely expected to fill […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jakarta is still undecided on the purchase of Russia’s new MC-21 passenger airplane, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Mohamad Wahid Supriyadi told Sputnik on Wednesday, adding though that the jets could be in great demand in Indonesia. On August 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during his trip to Jakarta that Russia’s Irkut aircraft corporation […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The flight prototype of Russia’s new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet will climb to an altitude of 11 kilometers for the first time in September this year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told TASS on Thursday. “The plane will start flying again soon, already in August. September is an extremely busy month. The plane should […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Russia’s Ministry for industry and trade has proposed to cancel the zero import duty regime currently in effect for foreign-made commercial airliners, Kommersant daily reports. It covers the aircraft with seating capacity ranging from 50 to 300 passengers and MTOW between 20 and 90 tons. This measure is intended to protect Russian aircraft programs, Sukhoi […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian-manufactured aircraft—the Irkut MC-21 and Ilyushin IL-114—won new orders on the second day of the MAKS Air Show in Moscow. Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) signed a letter of intent with Saratov Airlines to lease six MC-21-300s July 19. The 211-seat aircraft is scheduled to be delivered from 2022-2025. The Saratov-based carrier has not yet […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The flying prototype of Russia’s new Irkut MC-21-300 narrowbody airliner has completed the first stage of factory testing, OEM Irkut Corporation reports. The final, sixth flight as part of the first stage was performed on June 23. During the first phase the aircraft was tested for stability and controllability with different configurations of the wing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Owing to the position of the French authorities, Russia has not brought any full-scale models of its military hardware to the Le Bourget international aerospace show. Despite this, Russian defense manufacturers actively participate in it. Russia is represented by Rosoboronexport, the United Aircraft Corporation, Russian Helicopters, Roscosmos, the United Engine Corporation and about a dozen […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian government is planning to allocate more than 40 billion rubles (approximately $702 million) for the support of the national aircraft industry this year, Medvedev said Wednesday. “In total, about 41 billion rubles is provided for support of aircraft production this year,” Medvedev said at the conference on supporting national aircraft industry in Ulyanovsk. Medvedev […]