Irkut Faces Time Crunch To Complete MC-21 Certification In 2021

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MOSCOW—Time is running short for Russia’s Irkut Corporation to complete the 700 hr. flight test program of its new MC-21 narrowbody airliner and obtain a Russian type certificate by the end of 2021. Denis Manturov, a head of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce that supervises the MC-21...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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