Rosaviatsia approved the MS-21 aircraft with a domestic engine and wing

The Irkut Corporation (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency for the installation of a domestic PD-14 engine and a wing made of domestically produced composite materials on the medium-haul Russian aircraft MS-21, the report says. message on the website of the department.

“The approval of the main changes to the standard design of the MS-21 aircraft received today is another achievement of the domestic aircraft industry, including the victory over sanctions. All test checks of the aircraft were carried out in accordance with Russian and international standards. The new aircraft showed excellent technical characteristics,” said Alexander Neradko, head of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

The department emphasized that this year more than 160 successful flight tests of the MS-21 with the PD-14 power plant were carried out, the engine showed results that are not inferior to foreign counterparts.

The head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, in turn, said that the tests carried out confirmed the readiness of the Russian aviation industry to solve the most important tasks even in difficult sanctions conditions.

According to the program for the development of the aviation industry until 2030, domestic carriers should receive 270 MS-21 aircraft. At the same time, 210 such aircraft will be bought by “Aeroflot”, said the general director of the airline, Sergei Aleksandrovsky, at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

At the WEF-2022 in VladivostokAeroflot» September 7 signed with UAC contract for almost 1 trillion rubles. for the purchase of 339 domestic aircraft, including 210 MS-21, which will be leased from 2023 to 2030. On September 12, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that the MS-21 project will receive additional 15 billion rubles. to the expansion of production.