February 17, 2026 – Aircraft 73055 landing at Syktyvkar Airport / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In February 2026, Yakovlev PJSC advanced certification flight and ground testing of the […]
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Category: MC-21
Winter Certification Campaign for MC-21 and SJ-100 Concludes
Final approach of the MC-21 (tail number 73055) at Syktyvkar Airport in Russia’s Komi Republic / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Yakovlev, a subsidiary of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation […]
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MC-21 and SJ-100 Conduct Flight Certification Tests in Syktyvkar
Photo credit © Artur Volgin, KomiAvia Prototype aircraft MC-21 (reg. 73055) and SJ-100 (reg. 97023) are currently undergoing flight certification tests in Syktyvkar, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported. On […]
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Irkutsk Aviation Plant Assembles 20 MC-21 Aircraft Simultaneously – Production Fully Loaded
Irkutsk Aviation Plant assembly hall / Photo: © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder newspaper Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) is currently conducting serial production of the MC-21-310 aircraft in its assembly […]
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MC-21 Type Certificate Updated to Include Composite Tail Components
Composite horizontal stabilizer / Image © AeroComposite LLC The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued PJSC Yakovlev approval for a major modification to the MC-21 type design. The […]
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MC-21 Program Update — January 2026 Digest
Photo credit © Vyacheslav Grushnikov / russianplanes.net Government Funding Reallocation and Program Priorities The Russian government has formally suspended work on the long-range widebody aircraft program. Under Resolution No. 4093-r […]
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Russian Widebody Aircraft Project Paused – Focus Shifts to MC-21-310
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The Russian government has officially acknowledged a de facto pause in the development of its widebody long-range aircraft program (WLA). According to […]
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MC-21-310: Certification and Import Substitution in 2025
Image credit © MAKS Air Show In 2025, the MC-21 program focused on building the evidential base required for type certification of the import-substituted version of the aircraft. Full integration […]
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MC-21 Floor Panels Made from Russian Composite Materials Complete Full Static Test Campaign
Photo © TsAGI Press Service Floor panels manufactured from domestically produced polymer composite materials (PCMs) for the MC-21 narrowbody aircraft have successfully completed a full static testing program at the […]
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MC-21 November 2025 Digest
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has revised the published performance data for the MC-21, lowering the aircraft’s range from 3,170 mi (5,100 […]
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