Air Transport Yakovlev MC-21 airliner caught performing high-G maneuvers in Russia A test aircraft of the MC-21 airliner was caught on video performing high-G maneuvers near the Yakovlev facility… Ricardo MeierAugust 23, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Deliveries of Russian MC-21 airliner delayed until 2025-2026 Russia’s most advanced commercial aircraft, Yakovlev MC-21 narrow-body jet, will delay its schedule by up to two years,… Ricardo MeierFebruary 29, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Russia joins MC-21 and SSJ-100 jets in single family Russia’s commercial aircraft program is in frequent trouble, whether from bureaucracy and ineptitude with after-sales support or Western… Ricardo MeierMay 2, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Russian jetliner MC-21 will cost half as much as a Boeing 737 New jetliner from Russia, the Irkut MC-21 is on “sale”. In an interview with TASS, Sergey Chemezov, CEO… Thiago VinholesApril 28, 2023 Read More
Air Transport First MC-21 test aircraft about to replace PW engines for PD-14 Determined to obtain certification for the MC-21-310 passenger jet, Russia is completing the replacement of Pratt & Whitney’s… Ricardo MeierOctober 3, 2022 Read More
Air Transport MC-21 jetliner prototype is swapping Western engines for Russian PD-14 turbofan The MC-21-310 jetliner has just completed its 100th flight, an important milestone for the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC),… Ricardo MeierAugust 9, 2022 Read More
Air Transport Russia to seek partners in BRICS and Arab countries to produce MC-21 Russia has already abandoned plans to put into service the MC-21-300 jetliner, which uses Western engines and components,… Ricardo MeierApril 25, 2022 Read More
Air Transport Russian jetliner MC-21 performs test flights with passengers Irkut is carrying out passenger test flights with its new MC-21-300 commercial jet. According to Rostec, the Russian… Ricardo MeierDecember 23, 2021 Read More
Air Transport Irkut MC-21-310 gets paint and arrives at Zhukovsky to continue flight tests The MC-21-310 test aircraft arrived at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukosvky this week, UAC announced. The… Ricardo MeierJuly 7, 2021 Read More
Air Transport Equipped with Russian PD-14 turbofans, MC-21-310 makes its maiden flight Russia achieved a long-awaited goal on Tuesday, the first flight of the MC-21-310 airliner equipped with PD-14 turbofans… Ricardo MeierDecember 15, 2020 Read More
Air Transport MC-21-310 and Il-114-300 airliners are expected to fly in the coming weeks In the coming weeks, two Russian commercial planes will take their first flights, marking a new chapter in… Ricardo MeierNovember 27, 2020 Read More