MAKS-2019 - UAC to showcase MC-21 and CR929 advanced commercial aircraft

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will represent its advanced commercial, military and transport aviation products during the International Aviation and Space salon MAKS, which will take place in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, from August 27 to September 1, 2019.

«During this important home-run event, we demonstrate to public our leading products. With the consistent UAC strategy implementation based on the government support, the major investments and the engineering aspires we are ready to demonstrate our achievements at MAKS-2019. Our brand new MC-21 airliner will be unrevealed to the guest of the airshow: they will see one prototype in the flight program and the other two on static display. Pilots of the Su-57 fighter will demonstrate aerobatic figures and first-class pilotage. This fifth generation aircraft will be available for observing on static display», - noted Yury Slyusar, General Director of UAC.

The world premiere of the МC-21 aircraft is promising to be the key event of the upcoming Salon. The three test aircraft will be shown to the public altogether for the first time.  One of them will boast with the demo cabin installed, so that the future passengers could estimate the high level of comfort of the aircraft. 

Another crowd-puller feature of the Salon will be the full-scale CR929 cabin and flight deck mock-up, as well as Superjet 100 with its stylish SABERLETS on static display and in flight program.

As for the military premieres, the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter will be open for public viewing on a static display. A state contract for the supply of Su-57 fighters to the Russian Ministry of Defense was signed this June. The Mig-35 4++ generation fighter will be presented on special podium and also will take part in the flights.

The novelty of MAKS-2019 – public debut of the new Il-78M-90A tanker. It’s the first air tanker manufactured in Russia in the post-Soviet period. It’s also planned to demonstrate the Be-200 amphibious aircraft.

UAC will present a commercial market outlook with global fleets data analysis, that comprise the demand forecast for commercial aircraft and the corresponding market potential for each world region, particularly for Russia, China and India.

MAKS-2019 will become a basement for business meetings and conferences, including the agreements upon digital transformation in circuit of UAC general strategy.