Aircraft
Irkut Readies MC-21 for Serial Production
Irkut Corporation president Oleg Demchenko (center) briefs Russia’s deputy minister of industry and trade Yuri Slyusar (left) and the ministry’s aviation industry director Andrey Boginsky (right) on preparations for starting serial production of the MC-21 airliner at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
Irkut Corporation president Oleg Demchenko (center) briefs Russia’s deputy minister of industry and trade Yuri Slyusar (left) and the ministry’s aviation industry director Andrey Boginsky (right) on preparations for starting serial production of the MC-21 airliner at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.

Representatives of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade met with executives of the Irkut Corporation at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP) on February 5 to talk over “issues” concerning the preparations for serial production of the new MC-21 airliner. Deputy minister of industry and trade Yuri Slyusar, director of the aviation industry department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Andrey Boginsky, Irkut president Oleg Demchenko and Irkutsk Aviation Plant general director Alexander Veprev attended the meeting.