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.
The Russian chairperson of the Craic board expects the consortium to receive initial orders for its CR929 widebody airliner no earlier than 2023—a differing assessment compared to the late-2019 timing recently suggested by Comac, the Chinese partner in the program.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is reconfiguring its top management as it prepares to separate commercial aircraft production from UAC’s military programs.
