Russia Unveils New Passenger Plane It Says Will Rival Boeing, Airbus
June 10, 2016
Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane that state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers.
In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Irkut Corp. rolled out its new MC-21 passenger plane, which is still undergoing testing but is due to enter serial production next year. The plane is sometimes also known as MS-21.