Photo: © Dirk Grothe, Planespotters.net The issue of idle commercial aircraft remains one of the most pressing challenges for the Russian aviation sector. Following the onset of the Special Military […]
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Russia-Ethiopia ACMI Deal Negotiations Face Secondary Sanctions Risks for Ethiopian Airlines
Image © LLBG Spotter, Flickr.com Russia is currently negotiating with Ethiopian Airlines to establish an aircraft wet lease agreement covering aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI). Ch-aviation reported this development, […]
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MC-21 Program Digest – July 2025
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service Composite Materials Development and Manufacturing Challenges During the Innoprom-2025 industrial exhibition held July 7-10 in Yekaterinburg at the Yekaterinburg-EXPO Exhibition Center, significant […]
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Fully Localized MC-21 Undergoes Acceptance Testing Ahead of Maiden Flight
Image © UAC Press Service Acceptance testing has begun on the prototype MC-21 aircraft bearing tail number 73057 (factory code MC.0013) at the final assembly plant of the Irkutsk Aviation […]
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Yelizovo Airport Maintains Normal Operations Following Major Earthquake
Photo © Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise press service On July 30, 2025, at 11:24 AM local time (7:24 PM EDT July 29 / 4:24 PM PDT July 29), a magnitude 8.7 […]
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MC-21 Conducts In-Flight Systems Testing Along Standard Air Routes
Image by Creative Commons license On July 22, the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft, tail number 73055, completed a flight along the Moscow–Syktyvkar–Moscow route as part of ongoing manufacturer validation trials. The […]
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MAI Simulator for Drone AI Training Undergoing Trials in Russian Defense Industry
Illustration generated by neural network / © Russian Aviation The development of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires close integration with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Testing and validating AI algorithms […]
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SibNIA Begins Flight Testing of VK-800SM Engine Using Flying Testbed
Photo by © UZGA press service On July 14, at the S.A. Chaplygin Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) in Novosibirsk, the Yak-40LL flying testbed (registration 87251) completed its first flight […]
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UAC Delivers Next Batch of FAB-UMPK Carriers to Russian Aerospace Forces
Image © UAC Press Service The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered the second batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers to the Russian Ministry of Defense this year, according to the company’s […]
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Navigating Flight Restrictions: How Russian Aviation Manages Operational Constraints
Photo © Press Service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Russia’s Ministry of Transport and Rosaviation (Federal Air Transport Agency) continue monitoring domestic air transport operations under […]
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