The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is actively preparing for the serial production of MS-21 passenger aircraft with fully Russian systems and components. The enterprise is currently assembling 20 aircraft at once.
According to the plan, the first 18 contracted airliners will be delivered to customers immediately after the completion of certification tests.
Final approval must be given by Rosaviatsiya — the agency will approve the inspection results on which the start of deliveries depends.
The head of the state corporation "Rostec," Sergei Chemezov, announced the key timeline — certification of the MS-21 is intended to be completed by the end of 2026. And already in the first half of the same year, airlines will receive 12 new SJ-100 aircraft, also assembled using domestically produced components.
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov stated that the Comprehensive Program for the Development of the Aviation Industry (KPGA) through 2030 in Russia will be revised after the certification of the SJ-100, MS-21-310, and Il-114-300.
The founder of the flight safety and certification service RunAvia, Andrei Patrakov, also told "Pervomu Tekhnicheskomu" that the plans specified in the current version of the KPGA are impossible to implement.