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Month November 2014

MS-21 News

It is not often we hear about this program. The information below mentions an “engine of foreign manufacture” which would be the Pratt & Whitney engine, but it appears the focus is on the Russian Aviadvigatel PD-14 going forward.  Also…

Another Zhuhai surprise

Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation signed an agreement with an undisclosed US airline for 20 of its Y12 turboprops.  Even Chinese media is surprised, and a bit of hubris is understandable. The agreement, signed at the Zhuhai airshow, is the first…

ARJ-21 wins first non-Chinese airline order

At the 10th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Chinese OEM COMAC (no link because we cannot get www.comac.cc to load) signed an MoU with the Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Transport for three ARJ21-700s. The order consists…