Photo by © UAC Within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum, Aeroflot and Rossiya airlines signed financial lease agreements with the leasing company Aviacapital-Service for 18 MC-21 and 34 […]
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Category: MC-21
MC-21 for the first time performed fully automatic landings and takeoffs using an automatic thrust unit
Photo by © Vnukovo Airport Press Service In Zhukovsky continues flight tests of the aircraft MC-21, performed flights to test a new version of the software of the automatic control […]
MС-21 – digest for August-2023
View from the cabin of an MC-21 b/n 73057. Photo by © Aviation of Russia MC-21 is the most “under-sanctioned” civil aircraft in the history of Russian aircraft manufacturing. The […]
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Testing of the MC-21 aircraft continues in Zhukovsky and Irkutsk
Photo by © Aviation of Russia In August, two prototype aircraft MC-21 73053 and 73054 performed flights to test a new version of the automatic control system software and integrated […]
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MC-21 – digest for July-2023
Photo by © Aviation of Russia An event was held in Zhukovsky on 26 July 2023 to present the new brand of Irkut Corporation – Public Joint Stock Company Yakovlev. […]
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MC-21 and Tu-214 will receive additional funding from the National Welfare Fund
Photo by © tatarstan.ru About 280 billion rubles will be allocated from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) for MC-21 and 41.8 billion rubles for Tu-214, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov […]
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According to the forecast of VEB.RF MC-21 programme at the current price will be unprofitable
Photo by © UAC The MS-21 aircraft production programme will be unprofitable until 2035 at the current announced price for this aircraft, according to Andrei Klepach, chief economist of VEB.RF, […]
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that it is necessary to bring back the experimental operation of new aeroplanes
Photo by © UAC The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation considers it necessary for airlines to participate in the supervised experimental operation of new aircraft, said […]
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The sixth flight copy of MC-21 flew to Ulyanovsk for painting in UAC livery
Photo by © Ivan Zubov / @aviachatchannel The MC-21 aircraft with registration number 73057 flew from Irkutsk to Ulyanovsk, where it will be painted in UAC’s corporate livery at the […]
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The Irkutsk Aviation Plant told about the progress of Russification of the MC-21 aircraft
Photo by © UAC The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is upgrading the MC-21-310 aircraft with the tail number 73055 under the import substitution programme. The aircraft will be substantially upgraded at […]
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