Can Russia’s MS-21 Crack The Airbus-Boeing Duopoly?

Jens Flottau Maxim Pyadushkin Joe Anselmo June 16, 2016

Credit: Leonid Faerberg/Transport-Photo.com

When Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) launched its new single-aisle aircraft MS-21, its ambitions were clear. The aircraft’s name, Magistralny Samoljot 21 Veka, means “mainline aircraft of the 21st century.” The company was not alluding to mainline routes within Russia. It was thinking global...

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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.

Joe Anselmo

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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