Russian Helicopters has announced several orders for its commercial models at the International Aviation and Space Show (MAKS 2019) in Moscow this week, Shephard reported.
The Russian state-owned company said it received orders for the VRT500, Mi-8AMT and Ansat helicopters. A letter of intent was signed with Malaysian operator Ludev...
Russia’s manufacturing sector slowed again in August, according to the IHS Markit Russia Manufacturing Purchasing Index (PMI). The sector’s index dropped to 49.1 in August, down from 49.3 a month earlier, with figures below 50 representing a contraction.
The August data continued to signal a deterioration in operating conditions across the...
Russia’s Irkut Corporation, the maker of the new MC-21 narrow-body passenger plane, has signed an agreement of intent for the supply of the aircraft with Russian airline Yakutia and Kazakhstan's Bek Air, RBC reported citing the general director of Irkut and the president of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Ravil Khakimov.
According...
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...
A new regional aircraft with a capacity of nine to fourteen people will be created in Russia to replace the An-2 Kukuruznik, the Ministry of Industry and Trade told RIA Novosti.
It was originally planned that the single-engine TVS-2DTS Baikal aircraft developed by the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation on...
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...
Diamond sales are slowing in the wake of global macroeconomic uncertainty, leading Russia’s top diamond producer Alrosa to curb its 2019 diamond sales forecast from 38 million carats to 32-33 million, Vedomosti reports.
Alrosa’s diamond sales dropped by 22% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter,...
The growth of Russia’s industrial output slowed down to 2.8% year-on-year from 3.3% seen in June, showing a seasonally-adjusted month-on-month decline of 0.4%, bneIntellinews reported. In January-July overall industry expanded by 2.6% year-on-year, official statistics showed.
In July output in the resource industry was up 3% y/y (2.3% in June),...
Changan, the third-largest automobile maker in China, has abandoned car production at a plant in Lipetsk Region, Izvestia writes citing sources.
According to them, the company’s move might have been influenced by the recent litigation troubles of another Chinese car manufacturer in Russia, Great Wall Motors.
At the same time, experts...
