On June 8, Irkut Corporation (a member of UAC) will conduct the official ceremony of roll-out of the first MC-21 aircraft designated for flight tests. As Mr Oleg Demchenko, the President of Irkut Corporation emphasizes, “Construction of the first aircraft…
The lack of public movement on any sales by Boeing to Iran’s airlines has had many wondering. It appears more data points on deals is starting to leak. Once again the source is from inside Iran. Like the news before…
Irkut announced today that the second composite wing panel for MC-21 airliner manufactured by AeroComposite (a UAC member) was delivered to the plant of Irkut Corporation (also part of UAC). The image below is of the first wing panel delivered…
As Dassault is discovering, doing business in India is very tough. The company was thrilled to win an order for 126 Rafales in 2012 after a long drawn out competition. Here we are in 2016, and not one aircraft has…
Russian news source TASS has this story. Meanwhile another Russian source describes the deal rather differently. The SSJ has been in play with this airline for some time. Russia and Egypt had their relationship ruffled by the bombing of the…