ZHUKOVSKY /Moscow region/, July 18. /TASS/. Planes MS-21 and Superjet 100 is planned to modify. This was announced at the international air show MAKS-2017, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin
“Today, only started flying MS-21 and has been in operation Superjet, and we are already thinking of new modifications of the Superjet and MS-21. Most interesting to us is the MS-21-400 is 240 passengers. Big, serious, very tough battle is waiting for us”, – he said.
Tests Of The Il-114-300
Rogozin said that flight tests of a passenger aircraft Il-114-300 will begin in a year and a half.
“We think of modernization of the Superjet, we stand on the threshold of scientific and technological work and the start of flight testing in half a year the Il-114-300 with a Russian engine, Russian avionics”, – he said.