The MS-21-300 aircraft makes its first flight with its new composite infused wing. Photo Credit: UAC On Dec. 25, Irkut’s (Moscow, Russia) MS-21-300 aircraft, the wing of which is made of ...

The Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of Irkut Corp. (a part of United Aircraft Corp., Moscow, Russia), has completed systems diagnostics of the fourth MS-21-300 aircraft designed for flight tests. The ...

Russia's leading aerospace companies Irkut and Sukhoi have agreed to co-ordinate the family planning of their airliner programmes as part of a joint development effort on the MS-21 next-generation ...

Less than a month after China’s national aerospace champion offered its challenge to Airbus and Boeing with the first flight of a 737-sized airliner, Russia entered the fray Sunday when jetmaker Irkut ...

Pratt & Whitney has revealed a new slip to first flight for the geared turbofan-powered Irkut MS-21, but there is no explanation. Although entry into service previously slid one year to 2017, the ...

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Russia surprised the aviation world on May 28 with the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane, creating a rival for its Western competitors.* Unlike the plane’s roll-out from the ...

SINGAPORE, February 13, 22:01 /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s programmes to build Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) and MS-21 passenger planes are part of its strategic partnership with foreign companies, United ...

Russia’s new MS-21 passenger plane will go on its maiden flight in the middle of 2015 MOSCOW, October 15 (Itar-Tass) — Investments in the MS-21 passenger plane project will reach 160 billion roubles, ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia completed the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first foray into mainline commercial aircraft since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Russia has revealed a number of models that it plans to use to capture the civilian air transportation market and squeeze out US and European competitors around the world. Two of those “market ...