The Russian MC-21 aircraft will surpass foreign competitors such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 in terms of comfort. The aircraft has spacious cockpit and passenger cabin. This was stated by the chief designer of the aircraft, Vitaly Naryshkin.
We have the most spacious fuselage, and in terms of comfort, we are far ahead of them. Passengers will definitely like the plane. In addition, we are trying to ensure that this aircraft is in no way inferior to Boeing and Airbus in operation for the airline.
According to the chief designer, more than 200 enterprises and over 20 thousand people are involved in the development and production of the aircraft. For example, the airframe without the engine and equipment was created by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, and the engines are produced by "ODK - Perm Motors", and the composite wing by "Aerocomposite-Ulyanovsk."
The main part of the onboard radio-electronic equipment complex is supplied by the Ramenskoye Instrument-Making Design Bureau. Radio communication equipment is developed by the Prima Research and Production Enterprise in Nizhny Novgorod. Everyone worked on this plane, the country is involved in cooperation.
Earlier www1.ru reported that there was a huge queue for import-substituted MC-21s, and the planes will have to wait.
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