Image by © Rosbusinessconsulting Agency (RBC) Overbooking refers to a situation where the number of airline tickets sold exceeds the actual number of available seats on a flight – a […]
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Category: Civil aviation
On 12 February 2013, the Extended-Range SSJ100LR Took to the Skies
Image by © UAC Press Service On 12 February 2013, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 Long Range (SSJ100LR), an extended-range version of the domestic passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100, took to […]
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Rosaviatsiya Approves PD-14 Engine Operation at Low Temperatures
Image by © UEC The Perm-based company ODK-Aviadvigatel has received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) for a major change of the PD-14 aircraft engine’s type design. The […]
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From Ground Tests to Flight: UEC Delivers First “Operational” PD-8s for the SJ-100
Photo by © UEC The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has delivered the first examples of the PD-8 turbofan engines to the Yakovlev Production Centre in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, for installation on SJ-100 […]
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Yakovlev to Receive Over £200 Million for MC-21-310 Type Certificate Extension by 2027
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) and PJSC Yakovlev have entered into a contract for research and development (R&D) work aimed […]
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Oleg Evdokimov: Superjets Set for Export, and Airbuses to Return to Russia as New Aircraft
Image: © Anatoly Burtsev / russianplanes.net S7 Airlines is experiencing significant operational difficulties with its Airbus A320/321neo family of aircraft, stemming from issues with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines. […]
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At Komsomolsk-on-Amur, SJ-100 Preparation Underway for PD-8 Engine Ground Runs
Photo by © UAC Press Service In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a visiting session of the Steering Committee for External Cooperation of the SJ-100 project took place, where representatives of key Russian suppliers […]
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Komsomolsk-on-Amur Set for Logistics Hub with PD-8 Engine Preparation Facility
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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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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