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Paris 2011: Irkut Presses Ahead with MC-21 Narrowbody Challenger

With a budget of close to $7 billion, the MC-21

By Vladimir Karnozov

June 20, 2011

With a budget of close to $7 billion, the MC-21 narrowbody airliner is the most ambitious and expensive civilian aeronautical project ever attempted by a Russian company. Irkut, part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) is leading the program. Its goal is for deliveries to start in 2016 and for annual production to reach a rate of 70 airframes.

There will be three members of the MC-21 family with a standard range of 1,900 nm, rising to 2,700 nm for an ER (extended-range) version. In all-economy-class configurations with a 32-inch seat pitch, the MC-21-200 offers 150 seats, while the MC-21-300 will have 181 seats and 212 in the MC-21-400. In addition to stretched fuselage, the MC-21-400 model features a wingspan that is almost four feet longer than that of the other types.

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