There are many people who want to get the new Il-114-300 aircraft, there is practically a queue for it. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Gennady Abramenkov.
According to him, the machine turned out to be objectively better than all competitors in terms of flight performance at a comparable price
The range is longer, the cargo is larger, the economy is better. There is a queue, a direct queue, there are a lot of people who want it.
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) expects to transfer the first three Il-114-300 aircraft to the Second Arkhangelsk Aviation Squadron, said Oleg Bogomolov, Director of Civil Aviation Program Management at UAC.
However, I would like to note that the demand for the Il-114 turned out to be very extensive. There are at least two more applicants for these very first three aircraft.
The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, announced on April 2 that the Il-114-300 had fully completed flight tests. Now a decision on issuing a type certificate is expected from Rosaviatsiya, it is not known how long it will take to adopt it.