Morocco Tests Russia’s SJ-100—And Finds a Critical Advantage Over CRJ-1000
Royal Air Maroc, Morocco's national carrier, carried out a test flight of the Yakovlev SJ-100 passenger aircraft, which is entirely import-substituted by Russia. The...
Il-114-300 Awaits Type Certificate as New Climate Flight Tests Are Already Lined Up
The Il-114-300, a Russian regional turboprop aircraft, has achieved a significant milestone in its extensive development program. The Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya,...
How Russia Plans to Push the MC-21 Past 5,000 km Without Redesigning It
The MC-21 is a flagship product of the Irkut Corporation within the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and one of the most ambitious civil aviation...
Why Russia Is Debating a Bigger Superjet Instead of a Smaller MC-21-210
In the upcoming decade, Russia's civil aviation industry is quietly contemplating a strategic question that appears straightforward on the surface but is highly technical....
Russia’s New Aircraft Are Flying to India the Long Way—And There’s a Geopolitical Reason
The departure of Russia's newest regional aircraft to Wings India 2026 is neither a symbolic PR flight or a standard exhibition transfer. It is...