Photo by © UAC The Russian government has approved the allocation of 283 billion rubles from the National Wealth Fund to invest in Rostec State Corporation for the production of […]
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Category: Civil aviation
Aeroflot and UAC have agreed on the cabin layout of the first Tu-214 airplanes
Photo by © Roman Gusarov, avia.ru Aeroflot will receive the first 11 aircraft Tu-214 in a two-class cabin layout for 170-175 seats. Monitors with entertainment system will appear only from […]
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Construction of a plant for the production of Baikal aircraft has begun in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Photo by © FEDC press service The Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC) has started construction of a plant for the production of the Baikal LMS-901 multi-purpose airplane. Erection […]
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Rosatom doubled the volume of carbon fibre supplies for the production of MS-21 composite structures
Carbon fibre tape for the manufacture of MS-21 power composite structures / Photo by © Rosatom press service In 2023 the enterprises of the state corporation Rosatom doubled the volume […]
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Passenger traffic of Russian airlines increased by 10% in 2023
Photo by © Andrey Velichko / Aviation of Russia Russian air carriers were able to significantly increase the volume of passenger traffic in 2023, demonstrating a 10% growth compared to […]
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Ural Airlines leased a wheat field for a year to park the A320
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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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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