Certification flights of the MS-21 are scheduled for the end of June.

14:28; 17 March 2025 year

The certification flights of the fully import-substituted MC-21 with domestic PD-14 engines are scheduled for late June - early July 2025.Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, told reporters about this.

Currently, test flights are continuing, but so far using foreign engines.

Earlier, Vadim Badekha, head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), said that the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory had assembled the first prototype of the import-substituted MC-21.> Let us remind you that mass production of the domestic MC-21 passenger aircraft will begin in Russia in 2026. Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Trade had a href=https://business-magazine.online/fn_1585302.html">updated production plans until 2026 for the production of aircraft engines for SSJ-100, MC-21 and Tu-214 aircraft. According to the draft government decree, the number of engines produced will be reduced from 192 to 128. Thus, the plans for 2025 include the assembly of 24 engines, and 104 for 2026.;

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