Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s first production-standard MC-21-310 airliner is expected to begin flight testing in late July, marking the start of factory trials for the fully Russian-configured […]
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Category: Civil aviation
GosNIIAS Expands MC-21 Avionics Integration Testing Capability
“Electronic Bird” of MC-21 aircraft / Photo © GosNIIAS Russia’s State Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) has upgraded its “Electronic Bird” hardware-in-the-loop integration facility to support advanced testing of […]
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First Production MC-21-310 Undergoes Ground Trials Ahead of Flight Testing
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The first production-standard MC-21-310 aircraft has entered ground trials at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) as Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) continues development of […]
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Koltsovo Airport To Build Maintenance Facility For Ural Airlines’ MC-21 Fleet
Photo: © Koltsovo Airport (Yekaterinburg) press service Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg is preparing to develop dedicated maintenance infrastructure for Russia’s MC-21 passenger aircraft as local carrier Ural Airlines moves towards […]
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Russia Targets Full PD-8 Engine Life by End-2027
Image by © UAC Press Service Russia expects the domestically developed PD-8 turbofan to achieve its target service life by the end of 2027, according to the Ministry of Industry […]
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Red Wings Expands Tu-204/214 Operations in First Half of 2026
Tu-204-100 of Red Wings at Simferopol Airport, 2016. Photo © “Russian Aviation” Russian carrier Red Wings increased utilisation of its Tupolev Tu-204/214 fleet during the first six months of 2026, […]
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UAC Defines Scope of SSJ100 PD-8 Re-engining Programme
Photo credit © UEC Press Service United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has outlined the scope of its planned re-engining programme for in-service SSJ100 regional jets, confirming that between 50 and 100 […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — June 2026
Image © UAC Press Service Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected three import-substituted airliners — the Yakovlev MC-21-310, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SJ-100), and the Ilyushin Il-114-300 — during a working […]
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SSJ100 Sustainment Model Rebuilt as Domestic Support Network Expands Across Fleet
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Russia’s SSJ100 fleet sustainment outlook has been reshaped following a post-2022 restructuring of engineering, maintenance and supply-chain support mechanisms after the withdrawal of Western […]
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Aeroflot and UAC Advance Toward Agreement for 90 MC-21-310 Aircraft
Illustration: © Rostec State Corporation press service Aeroflot and United Aircraft Corporation have agreed on the principal commercial terms for a potential contract covering 90 MC-21-310 narrow-body aircraft, marking a […]
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