Russia’s United Aircraft Company (UAC) is getting closer to producing the SJ-100 regional jet in India. It is also discussing local production of the Il-114-300 turboprop. For Indian airlines, however, where the aircraft are built may matter less than what…
India’s state-owned aerospace manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed a landmark agreement with Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation to produce the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (rebranded as the Yakovlev SJ-100) in India, marking the country’s first domestic civil airliner production program in nearly…
Hindustan Aerospace Limited (“HAL”), based in India, and United Aircraft Corporation (“UAC”), based in Russia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which HAL will produce the Russian-designed SJ-100 aircraft (formerly the Sukhoi Superjet) in India. This is an interesting…
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) completed the first flight of the Ilyushin IL-96-400, an updated and stretched version of the wide-body IL-96-300M. This wide-body aircraft is 30.7 feet longer than the prior version and can accommodate up to 370 passengers.…
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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…