Photo © Ivan Kaverzin The first Soviet civil aircraft to obtain Western FAR Part 25 airworthiness certification was the Yakovlev Yak-40. Its type certificate was issued in Italy on March […]
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MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – March 2026
Photo credit: © Svyatoslav Morozov / Courtesy of PJSC UAC press office Natural icing flight tests marked the key milestone of the MC-21-310 certification program in March. Aircraft 73057 deployed […]
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MC-21 Program Update – February 2026
February 17, 2026 – Aircraft 73055 landing at Syktyvkar Airport / Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation In February 2026, Yakovlev PJSC advanced certification flight and ground testing of the […]
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From the Azores to Cuba: Key Signals in the Global Aviation Market
Image CC0 license (Public Domain) The global commercial aviation sector is entering a more disciplined phase. Investors are tightening oversight of airline balance sheets. Carriers are resizing fleets. Manufacturers are […]
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MC-21 Program Update — January 2026 Digest
Photo credit © Vyacheslav Grushnikov / russianplanes.net Government Funding Reallocation and Program Priorities The Russian government has formally suspended work on the long-range widebody aircraft program. Under Resolution No. 4093-r […]
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MC-21 November 2025 Digest
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has revised the published performance data for the MC-21, lowering the aircraft’s range from 3,170 mi (5,100 […]
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MC-21 – October 2025 Digest
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The MC-21-310 prototype, tail number 73057 (MC.0013), completed its first flight after being upgraded to the import-substituted configuration. The resumption of flight […]
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MC-21: September 2025 Digest
Photo: © Aviation of Russia In September 2025, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant completed a comprehensive retrofit of the second MC-21-310 prototype (tail number 73057) as part of Russia’s import substitution […]
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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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MC-21 Aircraft Development Digest – June 2025
Image © UAC Press Service This digest reflects the current status of Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody aircraft program, highlighting the comprehensive effort to achieve technological independence while meeting domestic market demands. […]
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