While the MC-21 does not match the range of the Boeing 737MAX8 and the Airbus A320neo, it “has superior seat economics,” the report said. Aircraft sales appear to face two imposing barriers.

By the end of World War II a total of 1,151 MC.200s had been produced, and it was among the only aircraft to be used by both sides after Italy’s withdrawal from the Axis in 1943.

The MC-21 aircraft may receive several modifications, Andrey Boginsky, General Director of the Yakovlev Design Bureau, said in an interview with TASS. ... make the MC-21-200 or MC-21-400.

United Aircraft is aiming to reach an annual production rate of 36 aircraft for the Irkut MC-21 by 2025, and double this figure within the following two years. Skip to main content Skip to navigation ...

Russia’s Irkut MC-21 has passed a series of cockpit-impact tests intended to demonstrate the aircraft’s resistance to bird-strike, hail and foreign-object damage.

The Russian government has approved development of a shorter variant of the country’s MC-21-300 narrowbody passenger airliner. The Jan. 23 decision allows airframer United Aircraft Corporation ...