News Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has ordered the inspection of 48 Superjets for cracks in uncertified titanium that may have been used in about 50 SSJ100 aircraft. Russian sources report the potential for micro cracks in landing gear, engine, and flap…
Irkut announced the rollout of the third MC-21-300 aircraft yesterday, with the following statements: “Irkut Corporation (a UAC member) completed construction of the third MC-21-300, intended for flight tests. On December 25, the aircraft was transferred from the final assembly…
Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of…
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…
[UPDATE – a UAC spokeperson shared this: “We applied to OFAC (The Office of Foreign Assets Control), in order to receive the approval for SSJ100 delivery to Iran due to some American components in the aircraft. However, SCAC is further…
The CR929 is a joint Chinese-Russian wide-body aircraft design that will be produced by CRAIC, the China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation, a joint venture of United Aircraft Corporation in Russia and COMAC in China. The companies plan to share investment,…