Photo by © Aviation of Russia The Russian government will allocate more than 12.5 billion rubles from the federal budget in the next three years for the improvement of the […]
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Category: Civil aviation
Konstantin Timofeev: KAZ reconstruction will make it possible to produce 20 Tu-214 aircraft per year
Photo by © UAC Press Service In order to meet the challenge of increasing the annual production of medium-haul Tu-214 passenger aircraft, the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ) is implementing a […]
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MC-21 stabiliser made of domestic composites has passed the strength tests in TsAGI
MC-21 composite stabiliser static tests / Photo by © TsAGI Press Service The most effective and economically expedient areas of application of composites in civil aircraft construction are their use […]
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Lufthansa to stop flying from Frankfurt to Beijing due to sanctions against Russia
Photo by © Markus Schwab / airliners.net European airlines are experiencing serious problems and have lost competitiveness due to the European Commission’s sanctions against Russia. The ban on the use […]
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Development of multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal is at the stage of developmental works
LMS-901 Baikal propeller / Illustration generated by Stable Diffusion neural network Work on the Baikal aircraft, related to engine import substitution, is at the stage of development work – design […]
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SJ-100 prototype aircraft with PD-8 engines will start flying in the first half of 2025
Photo by © Aviation of Russia Import-substituted aircraft SJ-100 should perform about 200 test flights in 2025 to complete the certification programme and enter serial production, the Ministry of Industry […]
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Alexander Dolotovsky, Deputy General Director of Yakovlev, will be in charge of the MC-21-210 aircraft project
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC Press Service Alexander Dolotovsky, who previously held the position of Deputy Director General for Development at Regional Aircraft, has been appointed Deputy Director General of […]
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Tu-204/214. Wing, winglets and fuel efficiency
Photo by © Tupolev Design Bureau press service In the mid-80s, when creating the Tu-204 aircraft in the Tupolev Design Bureau, the design process was already automated, it allowed to […]
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MC-21-210 will allow airlines to operate the aircraft more efficiently
Photo by © Yakovlev PJSC press service The flagship project of the Russian civil aircraft industry, the MC-21 medium-haul aircraft has been facing challenges since 2014 due to Western sanctions […]
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In 2024, the number of fuselage touches on runways – tail strike has increased dramatically
Photo from the archive of PJSC Ilyushin Aviation Complex Rosaviatsia has issued a special regulation in which it expressed concern about the increasing number of cases of aircraft fuselage touching […]
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