Maksim covers aerospace developments in Central Asia for Aviation Week. He has worked for Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine and was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications after working for the Moscow-based CAST defense think tank.
Maksim has a degree in international relations from MGIMO University, 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.
