The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is continuing to assemble the first six MC-21-310 series aircraft which will be handed over to the Rossiya airline by the end of 2024. In November, flights will resume for certification of the import-substituted aircraft, Russian aircraft systems and components are being assembled on the aircraft. Yuri Slyusar, head of the United Aircraft Corporation, said this in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel during SPIEF-2023.
“In Irkutsk, the first six production planes are being assembled, which are being supplied to the Rossiya airline. At the same time, our colleagues in cooperation are completing tests of import-substituted systems, including avionics, communication equipment, air conditioning system, and landing gear struts. All of this will be installed on the aircraft, and we will begin testing the fully Russian MC-21 in November. Our task is to complete these tests in 2024, get approval for the main certificate, which we received back in 2021, and begin supplying aircraft to airlines in 2024,” said Yuri Slyusar.
He added that the MC-21-310 would be commissioned by the end of 2024 and the first passengers would be able to evaluate the aircraft in early 2025.
Earlier, on June 7, the crew consisting of Oleg Kononenko, test pilot, Hero of Russia, and Roman Taskaev, test pilot, Hero of Russia, transported the MC-21-310, tail number 73055, from Zhukovsky to Irkutsk, where the IAP will replace imported units and components with Russian ones. IAP is also Russifying the MC-21-300 73361, which already has a wing made of Russian polymer composite materials. It is expected that the aircraft will start certification flights in the spring of 2024.
Thus, in Irkutsk, two MC-21 aircraft are undergoing modernisation with the installation of domestic units, aircraft systems and components; these are aircraft with tail numbers 73055 and 73361.
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