Photo © Aviation of Russia A domestically produced ozone converter has completed certification testing for the Tupolev Tu-214, extending Russia’s effort to replace foreign-built systems on commercial aircraft affected by […]
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Tu-214: 2025 Review and 2026 Production Outlook
Tu-204-100 of Red Wings at Simferopol Airport, 2016. Photo © “Russian Aviation” In 2025, the planned increase in Tu-214 production at Kazan Aircraft Plant (KAP) was intended as a key […]
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Rosaviatsiya Approves Major Avionics and Safety Systems Upgrade for the Tu-214
Photo credit © United Aircraft Corporation Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has issued a Major Change Approval for the Tu-214 aircraft, covering a redesigned configuration featuring an entirely domestically […]
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Flight Tests Continue for Tu-214LL Modernisation and Import Substitution Programme
Image by © Timur Badretdinov / russianplanes.net A further flight of the Tu-214LL testbed aircraft, tail number 64509, was conducted on 21 February. The take-off was from Kazan Aircraft Production […]
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Tests of Russian systems and equipment began on the Tu-214 flying laboratory
Photo by © UAC Press Service The Tu-214LL aircraft, after carrying out work to replace imported components with Russian analogues, made its first flight at the airfield of the S.P. […]
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Kazan Aircraft Plant prepares import-substituted Tu-214 for its first flight
Tu-214 RA-64509 / Photo by © UAC Press Service Kazan is finalising preparations for the start of flight tests of import-substituted systems on the Tu-214 RA-64509 flying laboratory. Konstantin Timofeev, […]
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A blitz competition to improve the Tu-214 airplane was held in Kazan
Photo by © Tupolev JSC Press Service Kazan Aircraft Plant (a branch of Tupolev JSC ) has completed a two-day scientific and technical competition “Step Forward!” to improve the Tu-214 […]
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Tupolev aims to create the first fully domestic civil aircraft in modern Russia, the Tu-214
Photo by © UAC The Tu-214 aircraft with the tail number 64509 will be used as an experimental site for testing import-substituted equipment. The project to resume production of this […]
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