Sukhoi ramps up SSJ 100 deliveries
The Russian manufacturer has delivered 16 SSJ 100 aircraft since the beginning of the year [...]
Aerospace
MC-21 prototype reaches power on stage
The new Russian aircraft is being prepared for the maiden flight. [...]
Superjet 100 gets the convertible cabin
The first such aircraft is expected to be delivered to Yamal Airlines [...]
Ansat gets a second Chinese customer
Besides Ansat, Chinese Jiangsu Baoli Aviation Equipment placed order for two more other Russian helicopters [...]
Innovative electronic technologies from Russia
KRET will be granted the approval shortly to work directly with foreign defense customers [...]
Titanium success
Russian titanium producer VSMPO-AVISMA working to increase share of value-added products [...]
Russo-Chinese aircraft mockup debuts at Airshow China
The new widebody airliner should enter service by 2027 [...]
Ansat helicopter gets first foreign order
A Chinese company is expected to get Russian rotorcraft next year [...]
Irkut forecasts 980 MC-21 aircraft to be sold by 2035
The main part of the sales of the new airliner accrues to Russia and the CIS countries [...]
INTERVIEW: New level of cooperation
Yuri Slyusar, president of the United Aircraft Corporation, told about the joint Russo-Chinese projects presented at Arishow China 2016 [...]
MC-21 model tested for flutter
The final conclusions about the aircraft's safety will be made after the static test of the aircraft prototype [...]
L-410NG accumulates over 300 hours of flight trials
Russian-owned Aircraft Industries intends to certify this upgarded 19-seat turboprop in 2017 [...]
Interjet asks for SSJ 100 residual value guarantee
Mexican carrier wants to reduce expenses for the lease of the Russian regional jets [...]
Production of engines for SSJ 100 to grow in 2017
The production rate will be increased from 50 to over 70 powerplants per year [...]
Russo-Indian joint venture to assemble Ka-226T
140 helicopters of the type will be built in India in the next nine years [...]
Russian government to allocate $262 million for aerospace industry in 2017
The most of the funds are intended for supporting Ilyushin Il-114 and Il-96 programs [...]
Ansat to get new rotor blades
The new blades will help advance the helicopter’s performance [...]
Russia’s governmental squadron starts Superjet 100 operation
Two jets in the VIP configuration will be used to transport government officials [...]
Volga-Dnepr receives 10th Boeing 747-8F
It will be operated by the group’s subsidiary, AirBridgeCargo airline. [...]
INSIGHT: Russian aviation faces strong head winds
Weak demand for new airliners worsens Russian aircraft manufacturers' shaky positions in the domestic market. [...]
Antonov tests Western-made tires for its freighters
The Ukrainian manufacturer to minimize the reliance on Russian suppliers. [...]
First Russian-assembled Ilyushin-114 will fly in 2019
The deliveries of the renovated turboprop to commercial customers is planned to start in 2021. [...]
Daher taps Simavia for TBM distribution in Russia
The French manufacturer remains confident of the region’s potential despite softening bizav market. [...]
Aeroflot to get more Superjet 100s in 2017-2018
Russia's largest airline still negotiates the delivery timeframe with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft [...]
Russian Helicopters’ CEO contract extended
Alexander Mikheev will remain at the helm of the Russian rotorcraft holding for five more years [...]
Sukhoi approved to consolidate 100% of SSJ100 airframer
This means that SSJ100 strategic partner, Finmeccanica, quits the program. [...]
S7 Group reaches agreement to acquire Sea Launch
Russian aviation group to expand into space business. [...]
Russia certifies P&W engine for MC-21
The first МС-21-300 prototype is powered by the PW1431G-JM engine [...]
UAC receives state support for Russo-Chinese widebody program
The Russian government will allocate over $15M until 2018 for research and development of the wide-body aircraft, which will be assembled in China [...]
Irkut files application for European validation of MC-21 certificate
Russian certification of the aircraft’s basic version, the MC-21-300, is scheduled for 2018 [...]
S7 Group places first Russian order for Boeing 737MAX
Nine aircraft of this type will be leased through Air Lease Corporation [...]
Antonov’s production schedule affected by Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Due to refusal to use Russian-made components, Antonov will not deliver a single aircraft this year [...]
Alcoa and VSMPO-AVISMA launch aerospace joint venture
AlTi Forge will be a supplier of advanced titanium and aluminum alloys products [...]
Russia cuts state aircraft lessor’s recapitalization
GTLK will receive from the government six times less money than it expected for the purchase of SSJ 100s and L-410s [...]
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co gets new head
Kamil Gainutdinov officially appointed as president of SCAC [...]
Russian Helicopters gets new chief designer
Nikolay Pavlenko will be responsible for shaping and implementing a common R&D and Innovation Policy across the holding's subsidiaries [...]
Ex-Boeing exec to head SCAC
Kamil Gainutdinov, currently regional sales director at Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, will become president of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft in a corporate management shift [...]
Russian Helicopters’ H1 2016 income drops 25%
African customers generated the largest share of the Russian Helicopters' revenue [...]
Eurasian Economic Union lifts duties for light helicopters
Zero duty rate for helicopters with empty weight of up to 1 ton will be effective until the end of 2017. [...]
Antonov agrees on An-225 assembly in China
The Ukrainian producer intends to jointly set up fully-licensed serial production in China [...]
Sukhoi completes Aeroflot’s SSJ100 delivery contract
The 30 aircraft from the original order have now been delivered, a LOI for 20 more signed [...]
Antonov An-178 completes loading trials
The trials are the first demonstrations of the An-178’s cargo loading capability using a real aircraft [...]
Lao Central SSJ100 returned to Russia
SCAC reclaimed its Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) regional aircraft from Laos after its operator, Lao Central, went out of business [...]
MC-21 will be certified by FATA not IAC
Russia’s new generation narrow-body will be the first airplane to be fully certificated by Russia’s own authority, not the Interstate Aviation Committee [...]
Interjet’s damaged SSJ 100 takes over a year to return to operation
The aircraft’s nose was severely damaged when it hit an airbridge at Mexico International Airport last October [...]
Sukhoi Superjet 100 receives EASA narrow-runway approval
EASA certifies Sukhoi Superjet 100 for narrow runway operation; steep approach approval pending [...]
MC-21 fuselage delivered to TsAGI for testing
The second prototype of the MC-21-300 will undergo pressurization and structural testing [...]
VASO to build a passenger Il-96-400M prototype by 2019
The stretched, upgraded and more powerful version of the original four-engine long-haul Il-96 airliner currently exists as a cargo version only [...]
Traffic throught Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport grows
Armenia has seen redistribution of traffic between its largest airports [...]
UAC confirms final assembly of Il-114 at Sokol
Until 2012 the regional turboprop was assembled by Chkalov Aircraft Production Enterprise in Tashkent [...]