Bengaluru 18 March, 2015 - IRKUT Corporation
well-known in India as the manufacturer of Su-30MKI fighters, plans to produce
its MC-21-300 airliner by the end of 2015. A maiden flight of this new plane is
scheduled for 2016, while deliveries of first batch to customers are being
planned for 2018.
India
might be of potential interest for the MC-21 project to develop a family of
150-200 seat airliners, which offer higher return on investment than competing
aircraft operating in India. The issue of India-Russia cooperation in civil
aviation was discussed in November 2014 during the visit of Mr. Dmitry Rogozin,
deputy of the Russian prime minister to New Delhi.
Mr.
Oleg Demchenko, President of IRKUT Corporation, believes that collaboration
within the MC-21 Program with Indian manufacturers could be as fruitful as one
within the Su-30MKI
Program. “In terms of performance, economy and comfort, the MC-21 will
outperform other planes of the same category. It has a set of innovations which
have never been deployed in single-aisle aircraft. MC-21 is being developed as
cooperation between Russian and foreign companies.” The MC-21 makes extensive
use of lightweight composite materials which improve the plane’s aerodynamics
significantly and decreases its weight.
The
development of a family of airliners with 150 – 200 seat capacity is a major
project of Russia in civil aviation. Its main target is to enter a market of
the most numerous niche of single-aisle aircraft.
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