SSJ100 aircraft assembly shop in Komsomolsk-on-Amur / Photo: © Victor Borisov, victorborisov.ru Yakovlev PJSC is expanding its production infrastructure in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, with a key element being a logistics hub covering […]
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Category: Civil aviation
The Leonardo booking system experienced a 21% surge in air travel bookings in 2024
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 […]
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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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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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Verkhnyaya Pyshma Museum to Restore the Soviet Buran Space Shuttle
Image: Item 2.01 “Baikal” at the “VoenFilm-Medyn” complex, summer 2022 / Photo: © @igor113 / livejournal.com To conduct a large-scale restoration of the Buran reusable orbital vehicle (item 2.01 “Baikal”), […]
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JSC Yakovlev Outlines Measures to Prevent Incidents with SSJ100 Angle of Attack Sensors
Photo by © Russian Aviation Following the crash of an SSJ100 aircraft, registration RA-89049, on 14th July 2014 near Kolomna, which was attributed to the incorrect installation of angle of […]
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