Sanctions Delay Serial Production Of Russia’s MC-21 By Two Years

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The PD-14-powered MC-21-310 at Dubai Airshow 2021.
Credit: Aviation Week Network
Serial production of Russia’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody airliner will begin one to two years later than planned, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov confirmed March 31 after a meeting on the development of the Russian air transport and aircraft industry held by President Vladimir Putin...

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