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Irkut Progresses MC-21 Airliner As Fighter Output Grows

Irkut is working on a possible new widebody airliner with China, as well as several military aircraft upgrades.

UAC believes that Irkut’s MC-21 twinjet can challenge the promised operating efficiencies of the new Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies.

By Vladimir Karnozov

July 14, 2014

For UAC subsidiary Irkut, the Farnborough Airshow is a great chance to connect with Western partners and prospective customers for its MC-21 narrowbody airliner development. The group claims that the new design’s composite wing will give it an operating cost advantage even over the new re-engined Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737Max airliners.

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