The Aeroflot Group has ordered 339 Russian jets, including the Tupelov Tu-214, the Sukhoi Superjet New, and the Irkut MC-21 from the Russian state-owned United Aircraft Company. The $16 billion worth ...

In this video, we explore the MC-21, a groundbreaking Russian-made single-aisle twinjet airliner that promises to revolutionize commercial aviation. Designed to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and ...

The first MC-21-210 airliner, made of only Russian-produced components, finally took flight when tail number 73055 soared skyward on April 23, 2025. According to a report by Ruavia, the prototype, ...

Irkut has identified evacuation and electrical discharge protection among outstanding tests for its MC-21-300 twinjet, as the aircraft edges towards certification. Assessment of take-off and landing ...

Denis Manturov recalled that at the end of last year, tests of the MS-21 with a domestic wing and a PD-14 engine were successfully completed MOSCOW, May 15. /TASS/. The development of various ...

Recently, the first test MC-21-300 aircraft flew from the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant to the airfield of Flight Research Institute n.a. M.M. Gromov (Ramenskoye, Moscow Region), to continue ...

Now stationed in Russia’s coldest republic, the MC-21-300 has reached the halfway mark of a repeat cold-soak test. The first MC-21-310 (background) and the second MC-21-300 test example participate in ...

MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russia’s MC-21 civilian aircraft has received a basic type certificate, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told reporters. "The MC-21 aircraft has received a basic ...

Russian airframer and United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) subsidiary Irkut has started water ingestion tests of the MC-21-300 narrowbody. Traditionally, such tests form one of the final phases in a new ...

The MC-21-310 performs a flight demo at Dubai Airshow 2021. Credit: Giuseppe Cacace / AFP / Getty Images Russian LCC Smartavia has become the first privately owned airline to order the MC-21-310 ...