S7 Airlines intends to buy between 70 and 100 fully domestically produced Tu-214 passenger jets. Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov stated that the United Aircraft Corporation is in talks with S7's main shareholder regarding delivery terms and commercial issues.
Russian airlines' demand for the modernized Tu-214 passenger jet has significantly increased, according to Mikhail Parnev, CEO of the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). Initially, aircraft will be delivered with a three-person crew, but later models will feature a standard two-pilot setup. New production lines at the Kazan Aviation Plant aim to meet delivery schedules.
A leading Chinese aviation engineer has set out a detailed blueprint for building a fully self-sufficient supply chain for large passenger jets. The paper, written by Zhang Yanzhong, a senior academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the former chief scientist of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, acknowledged there was a very real risk that the country could be cut off entirely from components made in the West. Known as the “father of China’s large aircraft” for his...
A leading Chinese aviation engineer has set out a detailed blueprint for building a fully self-sufficient supply chain for large passenger jets. The paper, written by Zhang Yanzhong, a senior academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the former chief scientist of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, acknowledged there was a very real risk that the country could be cut off entirely from components made in the West. Known as the “father of China’s large aircraft” for his decades...
