Photo by © Ural Airlines Press Service On 12 September 2023, Ural Airlines’ A320 RA-73805 made an emergency landing in a wheat field near Novosibirsk due to a shortage of […]
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Category: Civil aviation
Russian airlines have exceeded forecasts for passenger traffic in 2023
Photo by © Aviation of Russia The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), Dmitry Yadrov, said that Russian airlines carried more than 103 million passengers in 2023, which […]
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MS-21 – digest for December-2023. Results of the year
Photo by © UAC On 20 December 2023, the third stage of R&D on replacing imported materials and products in the MS-21 aircraft design with domestic analogues was completed. The […]
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About 500 million rubles have been allocated for the finalisation of the IL-114-300 aircraft
Photo by © Aviation of Russia The United Aircraft Corporation will receive 498.96 million rubles as a contribution to the statutory fund to finalise the IL-114-300 aircraft. The order to […]
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To the first flight of the Tu-204 aircraft
The first Tu-204 aircraft. Photo by © Tupolev Design Bureau archive On 2 January 1989, the first flight of the prototype of the Tu-204 medium-haul passenger aircraft took place. The […]
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AeroComposite plant prepares to produce 36 MS-21 wing sets per year
Photo by © TG-channel Notes of Aircraft Builders The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) has completed docking of the next wing console for the MS-21 serial passenger aircraft. The MS-21’s composite […]
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Red Wings expands its route network with Superjets and Tu-214s
Photo by © Red Wings Airlines Press Service From 28 December 2023, Red Wings Airlines started operating regular direct flights on the Sochi – Dubai route. The new route will […]
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Russian components can be used for repair and maintenance of SaM146 engines
Photo by © ODK-Saturn press service The programme of import substitution of key components for maintenance of French-Russian SaM146 aircraft engines installed on Russian airlines’ SSJ100 aircraft has been completed. […]
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Rosaviatsiya has approved the modified airframe of the second-generation Superjet 100 aircraft
SSJ-New at the endurance test stand at TsAGI. Photo by © Mikhail Zherdyov / Vzlyot magazine The S.A. Chaplygin Siberian Aviation Research Institute (SibNIA) and TsAGI have completed certification life […]
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The first restored Tu-214 was handed over to Red Wings Airlines for operation
Photo by © UAC Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) leasing company has restored the airworthiness of the Tu-214 aircraft with registration number RA-64518 and handed it over to Red Wings Airlines […]
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