Photo by © Aviation of Russia The Russian air ticket booking system, Leonardo, recorded a 21% increase in passenger traffic in 2024 compared to the previous period, Rostec Group’s press […]
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Fully Domestically-Sourced MC-21 Aircraft (73057) Powered Up
Photo © Irina Pakhalueva, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder At the final assembly shop of Irkutsk Aviation Plant’s (IAZ) Civil Aviation Division (No. 277), functional checks under electrical load have commenced on […]
NAIS 2025: UAC Gears Up for Certification and Deliveries of Russian Aircraft
Photo by © UEC During a plenary discussion at the 12th National Aviation Infrastructure Show & Forum (NAIS) 2025 in Moscow, Vadim Badeha, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation […]
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NAIS-2025: UEC Unveils PD-8 Engine at Moscow Expo
PD-8 engine at the NAIS 2025 / Photo by © UEC United Engine Corporation (UEC) showcased the PD-8 turbofan engine at the NAIS 2025 exhibition in Moscow. The PD-8 is […]
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Airline Traffic Sees Passenger Flow Redistribution and Sustained Dominance of Moscow Aviation Hubs
Photo by Creative Commons license The Russian air transport market in 2024 exhibited a mixed bag of trends, characterised by a redistribution of passenger traffic between airports and carriers. The […]
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MC-21 – January 2025 Digest
Photo by © UAC In late February 2024, Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, indicated that the start of deliveries of the MC-21-310 aircraft would most likely be pushed back to […]
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To the Anniversary of the First Flight of the Su-57 Fighter
First Flight of the T-50-1 Prototype / Photo: © UAC Press Service The development process of the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA) involved a series of sequential […]
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Russian World Figure Skating Champions Killed in Washington Air Crash
Video screenshot On the evening of 29 January, a collision occurred in the skies over Washington between a Canadair Regional Jet 700 (CRJ700), operated by PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of […]
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Airworthiness Certificate Issued for S-80 Delivery Drone in Samara Oblast
S-80 Delivery Drone / Photo: © Future Transport Press Office Future Transport has received an airworthiness certificate for its S-80 drone modification designed for cargo delivery. The certification was conducted […]
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In April 2025, the certification of the Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) on the MC-21-310 ‘Iron Bird’ is scheduled to commence
Stand “iron bird” of MC-21 / Photo by © GosNIIAS press service As part of a collaboration with PJSC Yakovlev, the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has developed […]
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