Irkut MC-21 on track for first test flight in 1H 2016

The Irkut MC-21 is on track to operate its first test flight in the first half of 2016, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said. The first test aircraft will be assembled before the end of 2015, with manufacture to start in 2017. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin...
Polina Montag-Girmes

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000.

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