MC-21 certification trials started in autumn 2017. The aircraft has made more than 300 test flights, according to Irkut. This included flutter tests, engine and APU in-flight starting, engine ...

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 ...

MOSCOW—Russian airframer Irkut’s fourth MC-21-300 flight prototype has arrived at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, ahead of certification trials. On Mar. 17, the ...

Source: Aviation International News The MC-21 will undergo new testing with the PD-14 engine for certification, which Rostec says is "proceeding according to plan." MC-21. Irkut Source: FlightGlobal ...

Russia’s latest aviation marvel—the Irkut MC-21—has officially entered the spotlight, and experts around the globe are calling it a game-changer. Designed to compete directly with Boeing’s ...

In a global aviation market dominated by the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, Russia has launched a challenge - one sleek, ambitious airliner known as the Irkut MC-21. With advanced composites, ...

The prototype 005 of the Russian single-aisle jetliner differs from the other four aircraft by using the PD-14 indigenous turbofan, developed by Aviadgatel. The MC-21-310 flew for the first time in ...

Irkut has carried out the maiden flight of the first MC-21 to be manufactured with domestically-produced composite wings. The aircraft – number 73361 – took off from runway 32 at the airfield ...

Irkut intends to assemble 32 MC-21s by 2025, mostly in the “-300” version. Production of the completely indigenous MC-21-310 with local avionics and PD-14 engines will start in 2024.

Irkut Corporation has completed the construction of the first MC-21-300 aircraft with a Russian-made polymer composite wing Recently the aircraft was transferred from the final assembly shop of the ...

Russian Irkut Corp expects its first international customer for the MC-21 passenger plane soon and will announce more orders for the plane this week, its marketing chief said on Tuesday.