Western thinking and views on InterJet and SuperJet may not be fully informed. The status at Air Italy may also not be as clear, or as clean, as we might think. The status of the MC-21 program is also something…
Rostec provided the following PR yesterday. “Rostec’s United Engine Corporation successfully completed the first stage of testing the PD-8 gas generator for SSJ-NEW planes. Specialists of UEC-Saturn (Rybinsk) tested its launch and operation in a slow mode and in other…
Status Ante There is a great need for new commercial airplanes in Iran. Iranian airline safety is a critical issue and has been for some time. The following table lists the 3Y20 in-service aircraft among Iran’s airlines according to Jet…
It isn’t a secret that Joe Biden will have a much different administration than Donald Trump. Among the policies that will likely change is the new administration’s stance on Iran and whether the US should rejoin the 2015 Joint Comprehensive…
It has not been a good year for Superjet. First, it was the news from Mexico, where Interjet is having challenges with the SSJ. Then Adria canceled its Superjet order, after signing for the aircraft only a few months earlier. …
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…