Month February 2018

Aeroflot, Aviadvigatel, Irkut, Pratt & Whitney, UAC, UAC MC 21, UEC, United Technologies

Aeroflot places $5bn order for 50 MC-21s

Aeroflot ordered 50 MC-21s today from IRKUT. Aeroflot will receive the first jet in the first quarter of 2020, with the full delivery to be completed by 2026. Under the terms of the order, Rostec, the leasing subsidiary of Aviacapital-Service,…

Addison Schonland
February 1, 2018

Airbus, Electric, Power

“CityAirbus” demonstrator achieves Iron-Bird ‘Power On’

Airbus announced, in time for the Singapore show, that its “CityAirbus” electrical urban-air-mobility demonstrator programme reached an important milestone: the completion and “power on” of the “iron bird” ground test facility in Taufkirchen, Germany. This enables the verification of the…

Addison Schonland
February 1, 2018
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