Image © UAC Press Service The Yakovlev Production Center in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has introduced a Russian-manufactured mobile fixture for assembling the removable wing panels of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft. […]
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Category: Civil aviation
MC-21-310 Prototype Accumulates Over 70 Flight Hours in Certification Program
A photo taken from the escort aircraft Yak-130. © Test pilot of IAZ D. Denisov / Courtesy of the press service of PJSC “UAC” The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft (tail number […]
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Your Luggage Is Not Flying With You: Turkish Airlines Continues to Offload Baggage on Flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg
Photo: © Aviation of Russian Passengers on Turkish Airlines flights from Turkey to Moscow and St. Petersburg are experiencing systematic baggage offloading. Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport reports near-daily incidents of baggage […]
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Russia-Ethiopia ACMI Deal Negotiations Face Secondary Sanctions Risks for Ethiopian Airlines
Image © LLBG Spotter, Flickr.com Russia is currently negotiating with Ethiopian Airlines to establish an aircraft wet lease agreement covering aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI). Ch-aviation reported this development, […]
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Russian D-ATIS Service Ready for Nationwide Deployment
Image by Creative Commons license A Russian-developed Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS) for transmitting meteorological and aeronautical information to pilots has completed testing and is ready for nationwide implementation. […]
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Mikhail Mishustin Directs Sergey Chemezov to Develop Proposals for Subsidizing the Procurement of Domestic Aircraft
Photo © press service of the government of the Russian Federation The certification testing program for the import-substituted MC-21-310, Il-114-300, and Superjet 100 aircraft is currently in an active phase. […]
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MC-21 Program Digest – July 2025
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Composite Materials Development and Manufacturing Challenges During the Innoprom-2025 industrial exhibition held July 7-10 in Yekaterinburg at the Yekaterinburg-EXPO Exhibition Center, significant […]
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Intelligent Power Supply System for the MC-21 Aircraft and Its Automatic Reconfiguration Capabilities
Image © Olga Novikova, Irkutsk Aircraft Builder factory newspaper The MC-21 is a next-generation, narrow-body commercial airliner, distinguished by several technological innovations, including its advanced electrical power supply system (EPS). […]
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Fully Localized MC-21 Undergoes Acceptance Testing Ahead of Maiden Flight
Image © UAC Press Service Acceptance testing has begun on the prototype MC-21 aircraft bearing tail number 73057 (factory code MC.0013) at the final assembly plant of the Irkutsk Aviation […]
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Flutter Testing of the MC-21 Aircraft: Methodology and Results
Image by © UAC Press Service Flutter testing of the MC-21 aircraft is an integral part of the comprehensive certification program. These tests are designed to confirm the absence of […]
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