AVIC announced that its AG600 amphibian received its type certificate yesterday. The aircraft, used for both civil and military applications, is the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, with a maximum take-off weight of 60 tons and a range of 2,645 nautical…
AVIC developed a new configuration for its AG600 large amphibian aircraft and that new version, in firefighter configuration, recently successfully completed its first flight. The AG600 Firefighter aircraft took off from Zuhai Jinwan airport on May 31st and spent 20…
Sukhoi is poised to cancel its Superjet order with Iran. This news follows our recent story about how difficult obtaining and maintaining aircraft is for Iran’s airlines with reintroduced US sanctions. ATR managed to deliver within the period in which sanctions…
On Saturday the AG600 made its first flight from water. The program was approved in 2009 and unveiled in 2016. The plan is for AVIC to start deliveries in 2022. This is typical for Chinese aircraft programs – it…
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