UPDATE February 27 – An Airbus A350-900 that departed Toulouse for Moscow on the evening of February 24 could very well have been the last new Western airliner to have joined a Russian airline for some time. With the war…
UPDATE – After four years and seven months to the day of its first flight, the Russian Irkut MC-21-300 has received its type certificate on December 28. The Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya awarded the basic certificate after the MC-21…
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There was not a word about it in the press release, but the announcement that Irkut Corporation has taken delivery of the first MC-21 wing made from Russian composites has everything to do with the current political climate in which Russia…
The first Irkut MC-21 with Russian engines has made its maiden flight on December 15. The aircraft with registration 73055 did a 1 hour 25 minutes test flight out of Irkutsk airfield, where the factory of the MC-21 is located. Irkut…
Trade tensions involving commercial and military aircraft are about to enter a new level after the US government announced higher tariffs on EU-build (Airbus) aircraft while considering new measures that could affect China’s Comac. Let’s have a look at the…