Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Yuri Slyusar said, by the end of 2015 the first MC-21 aircraft intended for flight tests will be assembled on the new line. “It will be 180-seat MC-21-300 basic model of the MC-21 family which primarily will go into production”.
Currently IRKUT has 175 firm orders for the aircraft. The 2014 Russian Federal budget provides ~17 billion rubles for the program. It was noted that for the program funding the investment credit line is provided by Sberbank. IRKUT plans on building seven MC-21s per month when in production.
Non obstante the intensification of Media spotlights upon MC-21, it is still DIFFICULT to obtain confirmed information about the cabin interior width ‘trim-to-trim’ at arm-rest height, or a scaled elevation view of the cross-section … any websource for that, Addison ?