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 ...

Russia’s MS-21 aircraft test marks a historic aviation milestone, as the first fully domestically-produced passenger jet successfully completes its flight in Siberia’s Irkutsk. Developed by the United ...

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.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia carried out the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first post-Soviet foray into production of a mainline commercial aircraft which it ...