The production rate of the latest MC-21 passenger airliner at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant depends on the international situation, as the priority is now the production of military equipment. This was stated by Major General, Honored Military Pilot of Russia Vladimir Popov.
Irkutsk Aviation Plant produces Su-30SM, Yak-130 combat trainer, as well as repair kits. Therefore, the aviation industry is now paying attention to combat aviation, and only then to civil aviation.
In the most optimistic scenario, the aviation expert clarified, the MC-21 certification tests may be completed by the fall.
Moreover, it is not one aircraft that is undergoing them, but several. The total flight hours will go into the certificate.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the new patrol ship "Kholmsk" was launched.
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