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We had the chance to meet recently with the team in charge of the Frigate Ecojet project, the private Russian initiative to develop a middle of the market commercial aircraft concept. This is not the first time we covered this interesting aircraft, whose most...

In a world moving towards big twins, Russia's Frigate has decided to move to quad power.   As Alexader Klimov, Frigate project leader, suggests, speed to market is the prime mover in the decision.  He says there are no engines of the size he wants to keep the aircraft...

[UPDATED] You may not have heard about the Frigate Ecojet before.  Based in Russia, and owned by Rosavia, the program is working on a design that looks disruptive.  For a start, this looks very odd for an airliner.  The Ecojet concept has its origins back in 1991, but...