Irkut Corporation, the Russian aerospace industry major, is in talks with Indian carriers to sell its newly-developed passenger aircraft MC-21 as it looks to break the duopoly of Airbus and Boeing in the local aviation market.
Irkut has been a major player in the Russian aerospace sector through its Sukhoi series and Yak-130 combat training aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and components for Airbus passenger aircraft.
“The MC-21 is at an advanced stage of development and we are expecting it to take its first flight in 2014. The process of certifications and deliveries would happen in 2017,” Kyrill Budaev, vice-president (marketing), Irkut Corp, said.
“The Russian engineering, which has been the key in military applications, is now being offered in passenger aircraft, too. The tests on MC-21 have shown there would be a 23% fuel burn reduction apart from less noise and emissions,” he said.
20/03/12 KV Ramana/Daily News & Analysis
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