The first flight of Russia’s Ilyushin IL-96-400M widebody is not expected before next year January 15th, 2020 The first flying prototype is currently at the final assembly stage, but there are still no customers for the upgraded Russian-built widebody [...]
Assembly of the first Ilyushin IL-96-400M kicks off at Voronezh November 21st, 2018 The design documentation for the aircraft is being finalised [...]
Russian government changes its plans regarding financing of IL-96-400M September 4th, 2018 The four billion rubles previously allocated for the purchase of the wide-body airliner have now been reallocated [...]
INSIGHT: Review of United Aircraft Corporation’s commercial projects August 15th, 2018 Russia's UAC estimates its share of the global 80-120-seat regional jet market is 37.5 per cent [...]
Russian government allocates $0.02 billion for IL-96-400M production company August 2nd, 2018 The main target is not so much the rejuvenation of the four-engined widebody itself, but a thorough upgrade of the production capabilities of VASO [...]