Russia’s new Irkut MC-21 passenger plane was unveiled on Wednesday at the MAKS-2019 air show, is billed as a competitor to Western giants Boeing and Airbus even though the project has been hampered by sanctions and setbacks with its predecessor, the Sukhoi Superjet, the Associated Press reports.
The new narrow-body...
Sheremetyevo Airport's operator is formally to open the Russian hub's third runway on September 1, Flight Global informs.
The operator has detailed a high-level event which will include transport minister Yevgeny Ditrikh and federal regulator Rosaviatsia's chief Alexander Neradko.
It states that the ceremony will include the departure of the first...
State-owned company Russian Helicopters is negotiating the delivery of 10 medium twin-turbine transport Mil Mi-171 helicopters equipped with VK-2500 Russian engines to China at the beginning of 2020, Kommersant reports.
The deal may be financed by the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK), which the sides view as the potential leasing...
Russian customs officers began checking for the presence of flowers and fruits in the luggage and hand luggage of travelers, as new quarantine phytosanitary control rules in the country came into force this month, Fresh Plaza reports.
The new authorities are assigned to the customs authorities at the Vyartsilya checkpoints...
In a new setback for Russia’s space program, an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot, Fyodor, to be sent into orbit failed to dock at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, AFP reported citing a NASA statement.
"Russian cosmonauts issued a command to abort the automated approach of...
The first flight, operated by Pobeda Airlines, has arrived this week at a newly-built airport in the Russian city of Saratov, which is named after legendary Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, RIA Novosti reported.
Built to replace Saratov Tsentralny Airport because expansion was impossible, Gagarin International Airport is the latest in...
Russia’s new narrow-body medium-haul passenger plane, the MC-21, will be revealed for the first time at the MAKS 2019 air show next week, Sibnet News reported.
The aircraft, produced under the wing of Russia’s state-run United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), was first expected to make an appearance two years ago at...
The Serbian Air Force will take delivery of four Russian-made Mi-35 and three Mi-17 military transport helicopters in the first quarter of next year, Serbia’s Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in an interview with state-run RTS television this week following his visit to Moscow.
"The agreement on military and technical...
In a ceremony at on Thursday at Kazan Arena in the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev opened WorldSkills Kazan 2019, a global contest of vocational skills and trades, Lenta.ru reported.
More than 1,300 competitors from over 60 countries and regions, including a 48-member Indian team, are participating...
