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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. A new report says the Russian narrow body Irkut MC-21 ...

Russian airframer Irkut is to be rebranded with the Yakovlev name, with the migration taking place by the end of August. Irkut is the manufacturer of the MC-21 and also produces the Superjet 100 and ...

Irkut’s parent United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported that the fourth prototype’s cabin is now fitted out with 172 seats. Credit: Irkut MOSCOW—Russian airframer Irkut’s fourth MC-21-300 flight ...

The latest Russian passenger jet, the Irkut MC-21-300, has made its first international flight to Turkey, the aircraft producer has announced. The plane took off from Zhukovsky International Airport ...

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 ...

A flight test engineer and two test pilots from EASA have joined the flight test campaign for the MC-21-300 aircraft, providing a path toward achieving European certification for Russia’s ...

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 of the ...

Syria’s flag-carrier is negotiating an order for 15 to 20 Russian-made Irkut MC-21s in an effort to evade Western sanctions that have crippled its operation for two decades. State-owned Syrian Arab ...

The MC-21 narrowbody gets set for cold-weather trials in northern Russia. The second MC-21 prototype flies over the MAKS 2019 air show outside of Moscow. Irkut now hopes to assemble four production MC ...

FARNBOROUGH (Reuters) - 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 ...