They were outlined by the General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar
The first flight of the imported MS-21 aircraft should take place before the end of 2023, as announced by the General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
On the MS-21 plane. In Irkutsk, two import-substitute aircraft are being prepared simultaneously. We expect the first flight before the end of this year, and the second in the first quarter of 2024.
The dates for the first flights of import-substituted MS-21 aircraft have been announced
It is worth noting that in August, the first deputy general director of Yakovlev PJSC and the head of the AeroComposite company, Anatoly Gaidansky, said that the first MS-21, developed as part of the import substitution program, will be import-substituted by approximately 70%.
The new generation medium-haul passenger aircraft MS-21, designed to carry from 163 to 211 passengers, is being created on the basis of the latest developments in the field of aircraft construction.
At the beginning of this year, the head of Rostec said that MS-21 was “actually already at the finish line.”
