Designers talked about the unique wing MS-21

At the Irkut plant, they talked about the features of the design of the new Russian MS-21 aircraft, which, as they hope there, will help him conquer a share in the market of mediumagistral aircraft. On Sunday at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the first test flight of the aircraft was held, with which great hopes are associated. The Ministry of Transport calls MS-21 the most perfect among analogues and is hoped by 2037 to sell more than a thousand aircraft. The previous attempt to take the market for small passenger aircraft with SSJ100 can hardly be called successful: since 2011, only 122 aircraft have been produced, and operators complain about the deficiency of spare parts and frequent breakdowns.

MS-21 made the first flight in Irkutsk, it took a regular way, said at Irkuta. The plane at a speed of up to 300 km/h rose to a height of about a kilometer, made a couple of laps and sat down after half an hour. The successful test was reported to Putin, and the Russian president called the factory’s management with congratulations.

The aircraft was praised by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. He called the first flight "a historical event for the global market", and the project was a serious step forward in the development of Russian aircraft construction. Manturov claims that MS -21 is "the most perfect product in the world among his analogues - narrow -fuselage medium -sized aircraft." (Quote for TASS.)

The minister also noted the main structural feature of the aircraft - its unique wing. Vedomosti, citing representatives of the Irkuta, write that a narrow -skinned aircraft with a capacity of over 130 passengers was first equipped with a wing of polymer compositional materials. This will make the plane easier, which means it is more economical.

Two more features are distinguished on the Irkut. Firstly, this is an increased diameter of the fuselage with the possibility of crossing the cabin for different types of carriers. This provides increased comfort to passengers and reduces the time of their landing and landing. Secondly, it is an opportunity to equip a liner with two types of engines-PW1400G US production or Russian PD-14.

Now the MS -21 is an unprecedented test cycle - largely connected with the need to check the innovative wing. Together with the aircraft, a new domestic engine must pass the certification. Tests can take up to two years, after which the plane will receive a certificate and it will be possible to begin serial production, sale and operation.

The head of the Ministry of Transport Manturov hopes that by 2037 about a thousand such aircraft will be sold. In Russia, the MS-21 should replace the Tu-154. Manturov said nothing about the price of the new liner. The new Canadian Bombardier CS300, according to the manufacturer’s website , debuted last year, costs about $ 90 million.

SSJ100 flies little due to a deficiency of spare parts

“Vedomosti” in another article write about the first Russian attempt to enter the market of near -hydraulic passenger aircraft with SSJ100 - the development of “Sukhoi civilian aircraft”.

At the same time, since 2011, only 122 aircraft were produced at the beginning of April, and more than half were sold to Russian carriers.

The article analyzes the numbers of plaque - the number of hours that the plane spends on average in the air within a day. “Aeroflot” (30 aircraft) flew on them last year for three and a small hour a day, a raid by the second largest operator in Russia - Gazpromavia (10 vessels) amounted to 2.1 hours a day.

The most actively used SSJ100 Red Wings: a raid in 2015 was 8-9 hours. The source of Vedomosti said that one of the SSJ100 usually did not fly and the components from it were put on flying ships in case of breakdown. The company operated five aircraft, all of them seized them in 2016 due to leasing non-payments.

Other airlines that do not have a spare aircraft to make out, indicate a lack and high cost of spare parts. There are few aircraft of this type, and therefore it is uninteresting that components are uninteresting to third -party suppliers - they are produced only by the factories of the United Aircraft Corporation. And the UAC priority is a state defense order, so you need to wait for the necessary ssj100 for SSJ100.