Flying High: Russian Airline Companies Have Ordered 170 Brand New MC-21 Jets

© Sputnik / IRKUT Corporation/Marina Lisceva / Go to the mediabankPresentation of MC-21-300 mid-range aircraft at the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant (Irkut Corporation)
Presentation of MC-21-300 mid-range aircraft at the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant (Irkut Corporation) - Sputnik International
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Companies in Russia have already ordered some 170 brand new MC-21 passenger jets.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — As much as 170 MC-21 passenger jets have been ordered in Russia by leasing companies and Aeroflot airlines, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Andrei Boginsky said on Wednesday.

"We have about 170 [MC-21] jets ordered by the Russian leasing companies and Aeroflot, there is also an interest [in these jets] abroad but no firm contracts," Boginsky told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of a business forum in Mexico City.

June 8, 2016. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a presentation of MC-21-300 mid-range aircraft at the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant (Irkut Corporation). - Sputnik International
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According to the minister, the MC-21 jets should be put into serial production by the end of 2018, while the first flight is expected in the first quarter of 2017.

The new Russian MC-21 mid-range airliner was first presented earlier in June at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. Different modifications of the jet will be able to carry up to 211 passengers.

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