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MS-21 is a medium-range narrow-body aircraft of the Yakovlev corporation, accommodating from 163 to 211 passengers. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant is a branch of PJSC Yakovlev, part of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec.
The Irkutsk Aircraft Plant will begin installing the interior of serial MC-21 aircraft in 2027.
MS-21 is a medium-range narrow-body aircraft of the Yakovlev corporation, accommodating from 163 to 211 passengers.
IRKUTSK, September 28 – RIA Novosti. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (a branch of PJSC Yakovlev, part of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec) will begin installing the interior of serial MS-21 aircraft in 2027, said Andrey Soynov, general director of the plant.
“Next year,” Soynov answered the question about the timing of the start of installation of interiors in serial MS-21s.
MS-21 is a medium-range narrow-body aircraft developed by the Yakovlev Corporation (part of UAC Rostec). The capacity of the new generation aircraft ranges from 163 to 211 passengers.
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The Irkutsk Aircraft Plant will begin installing the interior of serial MC-21s in 2027
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US President Donald Trump has confirmed an upcoming meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss regulation of artificial intelligence, while their positions on slowing the development of powerful AI models differ.

The general director of the branch of Yakovlev PJSC - the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, Andrei Soynov, said that cooperation in the production of the Russian medium-range passenger aircraft MS-21 exists with Belarus, in particular, the Minsk Plant produces parts for the aircraft. The capacity of MS-21 ranges from 163 to 211 passengers.

General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant Andrey Soynov said that the start of flight tests of the second production MS-21 aircraft is expected at the end of October, and the first flight is planned closer to October. The third production aircraft will be transferred to the flight test station on September 28. In September, a contract was signed in Moscow for the supply of 90 MC-21s to Aeroflot in 2029-2032.

Four MC-21 aircraft will remain at the flight test station until the end of the year to complete certification. In September, a contract was signed for the supply of 90 MS-21 aircraft to Aeroflot with expected deliveries in 2029–2032, as well as 18 aircraft under the first contract in 2027–2028.

The first flight of the shortened version of the MS-21 aircraft is scheduled for August 2028, parts are already being manufactured, and in September the largest contract in the history of Russian civil aviation for the supply of these aircraft to Aeroflot was signed in Moscow.

US President Donald Trump will meet with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who have different positions on the regulation of artificial intelligence: Amodei advocates slowing down the development of powerful AI models due to safety, Trump is against regulation and slowing down AI.