Photo © Aviation of Russia Certification programme reaches 38.2% completion as flight testing continues Russia’s MC-21-310 certification programme reached 115 completed flights out of a revised target of 301 by […]
Read more
Tag: digest
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — September 2026
Photo © Aviation of Russia September marked a shift towards more defined production planning for Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody programme. Aeroflot signed a contract for 90 MC-21-310 aircraft, bringing its contracted […]
Read more
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – August 2026
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation The first production-standard MC-21-310 aircraft in an extensively localised configuration completed its maiden flight on 3 August, marking the start of flight activity for […]
Read more
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — July 2026
Airframe MS.0014, the first production MC-21-310, has entered flight-test operations following rollout from final assembly at Irkutsk. Photo: UAC Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody programme made further progress during July as the […]
Read more
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — June 2026
Image © UAC Press Service Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected three import-substituted airliners — the Yakovlev MC-21-310, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SJ-100), and the Ilyushin Il-114-300 — during a working […]
Read more
Aviation Developments to Watch: May-June 2026
Image CC0 license (Public Domain) By Olga Evans People often describe aviation as unpredictable. I rarely find that convincing. Most of what later becomes “unexpected” has usually been visible for […]
Read more
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest — May 2026
Several developments moved the MC-21 program forward in May, including the launch of the MC-21-210 derivative, continued certification activity and the transfer of the first production MC-21-310 into flight-test operations. […]
Read more
MC-21 Program: Monthly Digest – April 2026
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more