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Irkut Shows New MC-21 Airliner

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 09 2016, @06:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the new-competition dept.

butthurt writes:

Russia's Irkut Corp. has shown, in its Irkutsk factory, the first completed MC-21 jetliner. It may be built in versions that carry about 130 to 211 passengers.

The company hopes to commence flight testing by the end of the year. As shown, the aircraft had a pair of Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1400G-JM geared turbofan engines, but when manufacturing begins in earnest, it may be equipped with the Russian-built Aviadvigatel PD-14, which is still in testing.

The aircraft is scheduled to mark its first flight in 2017 and is planned be handed over to its first customers in 2019-20.

The МС-21 family includes two aircraft with a high degree of design commonality. МС-21-200 designed for 132 to 165 passengers and МС-21-300 designed for 163 to 211 passengers.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by mendax on Thursday June 09 2016, @09:25PM

    by mendax (2840) on Thursday June 09 2016, @09:25PM (#357511)

    Another Russian airliner no one wants to buy, although the Russian government has lately been forcing Aeroflot to buy Sukoi Superjets. Note that Aeroflot DOES NOT want them but has little choice. Passengers don't like them because they're more cramped than the Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. If the Sukoi Superjet is any indication, the MC-21 is not going to be bought by many non-Russian airlines [airfleets.net], although a Mexican airline seems to have bought a lot of them.

    Now if the Russians can build an plane that Western airlines would want to fly, it would be a game changer. Russian airliners have a bad reputation which is mostly undeserved. They are solidly built, very sturdy, and very reliable. Most crashes of Russian airliners were due to pilot error or bad maintenance.

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  • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday June 09 2016, @10:33PM

    by Geotti (1146) on Thursday June 09 2016, @10:33PM (#357540) Journal

    Yeah, except the Superjet is actually a joint venture and the important parts are built elsewhere, but sure, fuck sanctions, we can build everything ourselves. Not. Embarrassing, really.