UAC Rolls Out MC-21, Delays First Flight

MOSCOW—United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) is delaying the first of its new MC-21 narrowbody aircraft until 2017, it emerged at the model's official roll-out in Irkutsk, Russia. The first prototype of the new commercial aircraft was rolled out June 8 in the Irkut Corp. plant. Irkut is a part of UAC and is...
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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