Local certification of the import-free modification of Russia’s MC-21-310 narrowbody airliner will still take more than a year, according to Anatoly Gaidansky, deputy head of the type’s manufacturer ...

Russian aircraft maker Yakovlev has reshuffled its engineering teams as it works to certify its MC-21 narrowbody after multiple delays. The manufacturer has called in designers from the Sukhoi ...

Yakovlev’s specially-established training centre, RATA, has turned out its first batch of maintenance specialists for the Russian-powered MC-21 twinjet. The MC-21-310 variant – yet to secure ...

From advanced jet trainer to light combat aircraft, here’s how the Russian-made Yak-130 was deployed by Iran before being ...

Russian aerospace firm United Aircraft is shaking up its leadership, with the heads of Yakovlev and Tupolev set to leave their posts under a consolidation effort. United Aircraft has recently ...

The project is targeting the export market in the first instance and the configuration of the aircraft was formed with consideration of comments made by current operators of Yak-130 trainers, the ...

On this day in aviation history, 86 years ago (February 20, 1940), the Yakovlev Yak-4 took flight for the first time. Also known as the BB-22bis “short-range bomber” or Blizhnij Bombardirovschik ...