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Russian aviation is shocked by the debut of a new aircraft in Russia

The Russian aviation sector was amazed when Russia announced the success of a test run of a new medium-range passenger aircraft. The Irkut Corporation, which itself is the property of the state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation, said that its MC-21-300 successfully flew for 30 min at an altitude of 1000 meters at a rate of 300 km per hour. 21-300 aircraft flew at an altitude of 1000 meters for 30 min at a rate of 300 km per hour. 21 aircraft were flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters per minute.

"{\a6} [The] missions are complete. It was a regular cruise. No barriers were uncovered that would prevent the test from continuing," senior test driver Oleg Kononenko is cited, as he said on the Irkut Corp. website on Sunday. The MC-21-300, with a seating capacity between 163 and 211 people and a max. cruising distance of 6,000 kilometres, will try to rival the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320.

He said that over the next 20 years, total aircraft sales in this sector should lead to approximately 15,000 new aircraft in the world. According to the company, the new aircraft was far ahead of its competitors, underlining the widespread use of plastic composites. He also praised the new-generation engine, which he said would reduce gas mileage, make less noises and emit less dangerous pollutants.

In 2014, the programme costs of the aircraft were put by the Russians state at 164 billion roubles (4.6 billion dollars), but since then the deadlines have fallen. Mr Irkut said that it had a first portofolio of 175'firm orders' that would keep productive capacities'in the years to come'.

Perhaps the best-selling aircraft of all times is no longer number 1.

Started not as a champion, and its manufacturer was considering cancelling it. However, it has become the world's best-selling airliner of all times, a working horse for airline companies and the million who use it every day. Of course, the small twin jet that could do that is the Boeing Co. 737 BA, +0. 65% .

However, in recent years the Airbus 320, also a twin-engined, single-aisle aircraft, has gained ground on the 737. Boeing says the firm has accepted orders for 13,298 of the 737', with first orders in 1965, and has shipped nearly 9,000 of these orders. Since 1970, Boeing has supplied only 1,500 of the legendary 747 aircraft and is currently planning to build only six 747 aircraft per year from September onwards.

In an application for approval, Boeing said it could discontinue 747 manufacturing, ascribing it to making the world' s aviation more accessible to most but suffering from years of underselling. Aeroplanes didn't begin their lives as favorites. Hamlin said: "Design and manufacturing started slowly, and Boeing actually thought about cancelling them.

By the time the aircraft debuted, some of its short-haul rivals, such as the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, had been on the scene for several years. There was even internal rivalry between the 737s: the Boeing 727, produced between 1962 and 1984, covered the smaller aircraft markets for local carriers, Hamlin said.

Prior to de-regulation, air companies were monitored in the same way as utility companies are today. Following de-regulation, the legacies carrier continued to expand in order to cope with the increased demands and competitive environment of the local airline companies, which also increased in size as they were able to operate more air services, contributing to the creation of a flourishing aircraft business. The Boeing placed the two-stage aircraft engine under the wing, not at the rear as with older aircraft.

Rear-wing thrusters also gave the aircraft an advantage over mechanical engineers and airfield logisticians, as they made it possible to maintain the thrusters at equal height and more easily accessible. It was one of the first aircraft to be piloted by two pilot aircraft and not by two pilot aircraft and one flying pilot (although some carriers were flying with three crews due to labour problems in the early years of the 737).

Passenger capacities of the 737 are a "sweet spot" for many air travel destination, said Robert Mann: not so small that the costs of an air carrier per passenger are too high, and not too large that the air carrier has difficulty to fill all passengers. Most of the U.S. departures (about 80%) are under four hrs, and most of Europe's departures are around the three-hour limit, which the 737 can cope with lightly, he said.

Aeroplanes also serve long-haul routes, but for these longer routes, carriers generally favour wide-body aircraft, two-speed aircraft, in order to be able to provide various types of service. Boeing's competing Airbus Group AIR in Europe, +0.39%, took off the Airbus Airliner in 1988 and has since taken 12,463 orders and supplied nearly 7,000 Airbus aircraft in the Airbus Airliner 20 series.

In most years of the last ten years, more Airbus 320s than 737s were delivered, and the two aircraft will fight for leadership for the time being. It was more agressive to bring its aircraft onto the aircraft markets and also to sell them.

There has been winning clients among the growing carriers in developing countries, Mann said. Travellers may not notice this jet fight, not least because it can be difficult to distinguish between the two aircraft models. Motor: First consider the number of motors and their position.

Each aircraft has two power plants, and these power plants are situated under the wing. Aircrafts generally have duller nose, while Boeing's nose is pointed. It'?s a Boeing. In an Airbus, this gradient is not present.