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• Edgardo Gimenez Mazó
Aeroflot Group has signed for 90 Yakovlev MC-21-310s, with deliveries scheduled from 2029 through 2032 and aircraft powered by Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines. The agreement expands the airline’s 2023 order for 18 aircraft and includes simulators, crew training and 22 years of aftermarket support.
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Aeroflot Group has signed for 90 Yakovlev MC-21-310s, with deliveries scheduled from 2029 through 2032 and aircraft powered by Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines. The agreement expands the airline’s 2023 order for 18 aircraft and includes simulators, crew training and 22 years of aftermarket support.
Rostec has again delayed the SJ-100 program, with CEO Sergey Chemezov disclosing that Russian airlines will not receive the first production aircraft until at least the second half of 2027. The revised timetable replaces a plan to deliver 12 aircraft in 2026.
Recent signs indicate Boeing’s planned reintegration of Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, may be encountering contract and execution problems. The developments raise questions about whether the supplier’s return to Boeing can proceed as smoothly and orderly as the aerospace manufacturer intended.
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Embraer has delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet, making the fractional-ownership company the fleet launch customer for the upgraded super-midsize business jet. The handover comes 19 months after the companies announced an agreement for 182 aircraft, with 30 additional options, valued at $7 billion.
Hybrid Air Vehicles is offering the Sentinel Hawk, a missionized variant of its Airlander 10 airship, for potential Pentagon intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance roles. A new joint venture is intended to support delivery of the platform for defense applications.
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The FAA has approved Boeing’s request to build and deliver up to 35 additional 777F freighters beyond 2027, exempting the aircraft from impending fuel-efficiency limits. The three-year extension offers operators more near-term capacity as costly conversions and delays to the 777-8F constrain widebody freighter availability.
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Rolls-Royce will lead Clean Aviation’s ELEVATED project to embed a hybrid-electric system into a donor gas-turbine engine, demonstrating propulsion technology for future ultra-efficient short- and medium-range aircraft. The initiative is part of €290 million in newly approved EU funding supporting 19 projects and €664 million in total research effort.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with Indian airlines covering 85 aircraft, marking a sizable prospective commercial aircraft commitment between the Russian manufacturer and India’s airline sector.
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