Aircraft
CRAIC Collects 'Soft' Order Contracts for 200 CR929s
The Sino-Russian partnership begins finalizing a preliminary design draft for its planned widebody CR929.

Sino-Russian joint venture CRAIC has amassed “soft contracts” for the purchase of 200 CR929 widebody passenger jets, according to the media arm of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Quoting United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) president Yuri Slyusar during a panel session titled “Business Dialogue Russia-China” at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 7, the state news outlet did not elaborate further on the contracts but reported that work on a preliminary design draft of the airliner had neared completion. CRAIC expects to freeze the design of the CR929 in 2022.