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• 1 September 2017 Key decisions made to form a new Corporate center and Civil Aviation Division of the United Aircraft Corporation

  On September 1 meetings of Boards of Directors of UAC, Irkut Corporation and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft were held. A number of decisions of these governing bodies give a start to transformation of UAC, Irkut Corporation and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft into a new Corporate center of a single united company with functions of a Civil Aviation Division on the basis of Irkut Corporation. This is an important step within the corporate transformation program to form a single company in accordance with previous decisions of the UAC’s Board of Directors from December 2016.

   

• 20 July 2017 Sberbank and Irkut Corporation signed a cooperation agreement

  On July 20, 2017, during the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Sberbank and Irkut Corporation signed an agreement on the development of cooperation on the MC-21 project. The agreement implies the possibility to provide the Corporation with a wide range of financial products of the bank for the development of the MC-21 project, including the after-sales support of the aircraft. 

• 19 July 2017 Irkut Corporation and Angara Airlines signed an agreement on the acquisition of three MC-21 aircraft

  During the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017 in Zhukovsky, Irkut Corporation (UAC member) and Angara Airlines signed the agreement of intent to purchase three MC-21- 300 aircraft. 

• 18 July 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin familiarized himself with the progress of the MC-21 program during the MAKS-2017 airshow

  On July 18, during the visit to the Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin familiarized himself with the implementation of the new MC-21 commercial airliner program. 

• 17 July 2017 Irkut Corporation is to take part in MAKS-2017

  Irkut Corporation (a UAC member) is to take part in the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017. Aircraft manufactured by the Corporation will participate in the flight program and will be presented at the display area. 

• 23 June 2017 The MC-21 aircraft is being prepared for the next stage of flight tests

  MC-21-300 test aircraft performed another flight, which completes the first stage of the in-plant testing. 

• 21 June 2017 In the fifth test flight MC-21 was in the air over 2 hours

  21 June, 2017 MC-21-300 aircraft performed the fifth flight within the program of in-plant development tests. 

• 19 June 2017 MC-21 aircraft performed flight with retracted landing gear

  19 June, 2017 MC-21-300 aircraft performed another flight within the program of in-plant development tests. 

• 16 June 2017 UAC to present its whole range of civil products at the Le BOURGET AIRSHOW-2017

  United Aircraft Corporation will for the first time demonstrate its whole range of civil products at the International Paris Air Show 2017. 

• 28 May 2017 New MC-21-300 commercial airliner has completed maiden flight

  On 28 May, 2017, the maiden flight of MC-21-300 commercial aircraft took place at the airfield of Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the affiliate of Irkut Corporation (a UAC member).