by Spyros Georgilidakis | Sep 12, 2021 | News
An Aeroservice passenger aircraft reportedly crashed on its second attempt to land at Kazachinsk in Russia. There were several fatalities. UPDATE: newer reports state that the accident was a crash landing. It appears that the crew was forced to put the plane down...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 21, 2021 | News
Azimuth airlines surprised many, by announcing an order for Airbus A220s, the jet being a direct competitor (of sorts) to its SSJ100 fleet. The news is coming out of the MAKS2021 air show, in Moscow. Traditionally, the venue is heavy on military aircraft news, but...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jul 12, 2021 | News
More information has come to light regarding the crash of the Antonov An-26 plane in the Kamchatka peninsula in bad weather last week. As we already saw, the accident happened on the 6th of July. The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise An-26 in this crash, flew...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Jan 29, 2021 | News
After some protracted negotiations between the two partners, Russia and China agree to begin production of the CR929 this year. We have seen before that both countries are working separately on very interesting single-aisle projects. Both of them aim to rival the A320...
by Spyros Georgilidakis | Dec 16, 2020 | News
Still in development, Irkut’s MC-21 swapped its American-made PW1400G engines with the Russian PD-14s, and flew for the first time. The flight took place at Irkut’s own airfield in Siberia, on Tuesday. It’s been three years since Irkut first flew its first MC-21...
