Russo-Chinese Widebody To Have Composite Wing

Credit: COMAC
United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) and Comac are planning a composite wing and initial seating for 250-280 passengers for the widebody aircraft that they propose to begin delivering in 2025. Russia and China will equally share the cost of developing the aircraft, estimated at $13 billion before the ruble’s...
Guy Norris

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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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