On June 25, 2025, certification flight testing continued at Zhukovsky Flight Test Center with the SJ-100 aircraft, tail number 97021. The flight evaluated the aircraft’s stability and controllability at airspeeds […]
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PD-8 Engines Power Experimental SJ-100 Flight from the Russian Far East to Moscow Region
Photo © UAC Press Service The experimental Superjet 100 (aircraft number 97023, serial number 97003), equipped with fully localized systems and Russian-made PD-8 engines developed by the United Engine Corporation […]
Aeroflot: 36 Aircraft Currently Under Active Insurance Settlement
Photo © Aeroflot press service Aeroflot CEO Sergey Aleksandrovskiy provided detailed insights in an interview with Kommersant regarding ongoing negotiations with foreign lessors, the airline’s fleet status, and route network […]
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Anatoly Gaidansky: Certification Completion and MC-21 Deliveries to Airlines Expected by End of Summer 2026
Image by © UAC Press Service On 29 April 2025, the prototype of the MC-21-310 (aircraft 73055, MC.0012) in a partially import-substituted configuration performed its maiden flight. Following the flight, […]
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C919 – A Stress Test for China’s Aviation Industry
Photo by © Xinhua agency The Chinese narrow-body aircraft, the C919, developed by COMAC, is being positioned as an ambitious rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. This project […]
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₽27.6 billion to be allocated to SJ-100 aircraft modernisation over three years
Image by © UAC Press Service The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a tender for research and development (R&D) work to ensure certification of the SJ-100 aircraft […]
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In 2024, Russian ACARS System Processed Over 28 Million Messages
Image by Creative Commons license A key tool for information exchange between aircraft and air traffic control centres is the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), a digital system […]
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State Duma Approves First Reading of Use of Non-original Parts on A&B Aircraft
Image by © FL Technics press service / Flicr.com At a plenary session on 13 February 2025, members of the State Duma approved, in the first reading, a draft law […]
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Rosaviatsia is proposed to be authorized to certify Russian components for Airbus and Boeing airplanes
Photo by © Russian Aviation Federation Council members Andrei Kutepov (St. Petersburg), Murat Khapsirokov (Adygea), Andrei Epishin (Tver), Arsen Kanokov (KBR) and Andrei Shokhin (Vladimir) have initiated the introduction of […]
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Russia is developing the production of analogues of imported spare parts for passenger aircraft
Photo by Creative Commons license The Berdsk Electromechanical Plant (BEMZ) is carrying out modernisation aimed at producing analogues of components for foreign passenger aircraft and engines. Vasily Yurchenko, general director […]
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