Russia knows how to build aircraft but for over two decades, its aviation industry depended on foreign partners. Changing this will be costly. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues unabated. And beyond the obvious devastation and destruction, the war has economic...
In a somewhat predictable development, the MC-21, Russia’s newest airliner, will only enter commercial service with Russian PD-14 engines. Things looked so different when Irkut and its parent, UAC, launched the MC-21. It is hard to imagine it now, given recent and...
With the supply of western aircraft in doubt, UAC in Russia will produce 20 Tu-214 airliners that use only Russian components, for domestic use. We have seen that Russian airliners are facing some tough challenges. Their international operations are very much in...
International sanctions mean that Russia can’t buy new planes, or make its own, for now at least – but it has the “new” Ilyushin Il-114-300. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought sanctions that have brought commercial aviation in Russia to a halt. Airlines in the...
Given current events, could Russia accelerate the “Russification” of its upcoming MC-21 airliner, to get around international sanctions? As we have seen, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused an international outcry. The immediate result was the implementation of a...
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