The serial production of MS-21 was rescheduled due to the us sanctions
. The release of the first serial MS-21 aircraft is transferred to the end of 2020 due to the stop of the supply of composite materials for wings, told the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov.
first it was announced that the punishment of the US capital against JSC "Aerocomposit" (included in UAC) and JSC "ORPE" Technologiya "name penalty" ( "rostec" ) has blocked the supply of materials from USA and Japan.
As explained Chemezov, the Firm will replace them with the Russian composite materials.
The number of included components for composites used for the wing and part of the keel, produces American and Japanese Hexcel Toray Industries. According to a source " the businessman ", the remaining composites designed for six aircraft.
the KLA told the publication that associate the punishment against the "AeroComposite" competition in the niche high-margin medium-haul aircraft.
In the "Assistance" problem called far-fetched, and the Ministry of industry and trade Last news said that it had already adopted measures to replace foreign compounds in the MS-21 with domestic counterparts.
MS-21-300 - short / medium - haul narrow-body passenger aircraft of new generation capacity from 150 to 211 passengers. Creates a plane a member of the KLA Corporation "Irkut" in the broad international cooperation.
the main advantage of the new aircraft is its efficiency. Heavy-duty composite wing gives the opportunity to greatly improve aerodynamics, which reduces costs In the operation of the liner 12-15% in comparison with existing analogues.