To mass-produce the medium-range MC-21 aircraft, which will begin in 2025, it was necessary to increase the capacity of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of PJSC "Yakovlev". The amount of investment in this area has already exceeded 85 billion rubles.
As the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Igor Kobzev, noted at the plenary session "Regional Development Days 'Space of the Future': Angara-Yenisei Macroregion" at the international exhibition-forum "Russia", work on expanding capacity continues. The plant will have 15,500 new jobs.
The serial production of the MC-21 model, according to him, will involve all Russian-made components, including the engine. The MC-21 cooperation includes one of the Russian manufacturers of aviation systems. At the same time, the aircraft's design uses a "record-breaking proportion of advanced composite materials in its class, created exclusively at Russian enterprises: more than 30%."
In 2025, the first nine import-substituted MC-21 aircraft should be assembled, tested and delivered to the customer.
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