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2022
23 January

ReleaseThe MC-21-300 aircraft will be tested in Yakutia in conditions of low negative outdoor temperatures

6 January The team celebrates after the MC-21-300 aircraft makes its first flight with a wing made of Russian-made polymer composite materials.

MC-21-300 flies with Russian composite wing

Certification of the MC-21-300 aircraft is nearing completion, and it is planned to start delivering it to customers in 2022. The MS-21-310 aircraft with the new Russian PD-14 engine is undergoing flight tests.

2021
21 December

ReleaseThe MC-21-300 aircraft performed twelve flights with service passengers on board

15 November

ReleaseMC-21 with Russian engines makes its first demonstration flight abroad

8 July Russian PD-14 engines power the MC-21-310.

Russian-powered MC-21 arrives at Zhukovsky test centre

The MC-21-310 aircraft made its first flight in December 2020. The public premiere of the type is planned for the Moscow international aviation and space salon MAKS-2021.

22 June

ReleaseExperimental MC-21-310 aircraft arrived in Ulyanovsk for painting

24 March

ReleaseExperimental MC-21-300 aircraft flew to Arkhangelsk for testing under natural icing conditions

2020
15 December

ReleaseAirplane MC-21-310 with Russian PD-14 engines made its first flight

27 November

ReleaseDenis Manturov appreciated the preparation of MC-21-310 with PD-14 engine for the first flight

11 November The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines.

First MC-21 with Russian PD-14 engines rolls out

Irkut Corporation is starting ground tests on the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft. It features Russia-manufactured engines which have already been tested in one of the pods of an Ilyushin Il-76.

5 August

ReleasePreliminary results of tests of MC-21-300 aircraft on protection against water ingress into engines have been summed up

16 July

ReleaseMC-21-300 aircraft engine water protection tests have been started

25 June

ReleaseMC-21-300 prototype will continue testing after painting

22 April

ReleaseRegular flight tests of MC-21-300 aircraft are resumed

19 March

ReleaseExperimental aircraft MC-21-300, equipped with passenger cabin in tight layout, made a flight from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky

2019
25 December

ReleaseThe fourth MC-21-300 aircraft joins the flight test program

10 December

ReleaseThe assembly of the MC-21-300 fuselage to be tested with the Russian PD-14 engine has been completed

29 November

ReleaseIrkut Corporation completes construction of the fourth MC-21-300 flight test aircraft

31 October

ReleaseEASA flight test experts completed third session of MC-21-300 certification flights

26 August

ReleaseIrkut Corporation presents MС-21 aircraft in public for the first time at the Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon

17 June

ReleaseEASA flight test experts complete the second session of certification flights

13 May

ReleaseMC-21-300 test aircraft arrived in Zhukovsky to continue flight tests

27 April

ReleaseMC-21-300 test aircraft flew from Irkutsk to Ulyanovsk, where it will be painted

16 March

ReleaseThe third MC-21-300 aircraft joined the flight test program

13 February

ReleaseEASA flight test experts completed the first session of certification flights on MC-21-300 aircraft

2018
26 December

ReleaseIrkut Corporation completed construction of the third MC-21-300 flight test aircraft

28 September

ReleaseEASA flight test team will participate in certification tests of MC-21-300

31 August

ReleaseMC-21-300 aircraft has performed a maiden landing in the dark

19 July

ReleaseThe second MC-21-300 test aircraft has flown nonstop from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky

12 May

ReleaseThe second MC-21-300 aircraft joins the flight test program, performs maiden flight

25 March

ReleaseIrkut Corporation completes the construction of the second MC-21-300 aircraft

2017
3 November

ReleaseMC-21-300 aircraft undergoes further flight tests in Zhukovsky

16 October

ReleaseMC-21 aircraft has flown nonstop from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky

27 September

ReleaseYuri Slyusar, President of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and Irkut Corporation, held working meeting at Irkutsk Aviation Plant

13 September

ReleaseIrkut Corporation starts the second stage of MC-21 flight tests

23 June

ReleaseThe MC-21 aircraft is being prepared for the next stage of flight tests

21 June

ReleaseIn the fifth test flight, the MC-21 was in the air over 2 hours

15 June

ReleaseNew MC-21-300 commercial airliner has completed the third flight

14 June

ReleaseNew MC-21-300 commercial airliner has completed the second flight

28 May

ReleaseNew MC-21-300 commercial airliner has completed maiden flight

15 May

ReleaseMC-21 aircraft has performed taxiing within the frame of flight tests preparation

2016
20 December

ReleaseIrkut Corporation begins frequency response tests of MC-21 aircraft

8 June

ReleaseIrkut rolls out the first MC-21 narrowbody airliner

2013
26 February

ReleaseIrkut Corporation delivers a test fuselage section of the new MC-21 aircraft to TsAGI

2012
9 July

ReleaseIrkut Corporation & Zodiac Aerospace Group expand their cooperation in the frame of MC-21 program

9 July

ReleaseUnited Aircraft Corporation at the Farnborough International Airshow 2012

5 June

ReleasePratt & Whitney and Irkut sign definitive agreement for PurePower PW1400G engine for MC-21 aircraft family

2010
29 September

ReleaseIrkut Corporation selects Siemens PLM Software solutions to launch new MC-21 airliner

20 July

ReleaseHamilton Sundstrand's MC-21 systems move to joint definition phase

12 April

ReleasePratt & Whitney and Irkut sign first contract to begin work on PurePower(R) PW1400G engine for MC-21 aircraft