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Moscow 121357 Russia I [email protected] I www.oboronprom.ru November 2013 Editor-in-Chief Andrey Fomin Deputy Editor-in-Chief Vladimir Shcherbakov Editors Artyom Korenyako Yevgeny Yerokhin Columnist Alexander Velovich Special correspondents Alexey Mikheyev, Victor Drushlyakov, Dear reader, Andrey Zinchuk, Valery Ageyev, Natalya Pechorina, Marina Lystseva, You are holding the latest issue of the Take-off magazine, special Dmitry Pichugin, Sergey Krivchikov, Sergey Popsuyevich, Piotr Butowski, English-language supplement to VZLET Russia’s national aerospace Alexander Mladenov, Miroslav Gyurosi magazine, dedicated this time to the Dubai airshow which stands among the major respectable international aerospace exhibitions. Russian Design and pre-press participants’ interest in it grows up as the Middle East and North Africa Grigory Butrin region becomes one of the leaders in Russian-made aircraft procurement Mikhail Fomin and establishing international aerospace cooperation. Translation Russian aircraft are widely known in the region. Two years ago Yevgeny Ozhogin two brand-new Ilyushin Il-76MF transport planes were delivered to Jordan while Irkut corporation provided Algeria in the recent years with Cover picture 44 supermaneuvrable Su-30MKI(A) multirole fighters and 16 Yakovlev SuperJet International Yak-130 combat trainers. Russian-made transport and combat helicopters traditionally have a high popularity in the region. Today Russian Publisher Helicopters holding company consolidating major Russia’s rotor-wing aircraft developers and manufacturers offers its new products – both military and commercial ones. Director General Just about two months before this Dubai airshow, the town of Zhukovsky Andrey Fomin in the Moscow Region saw the completion of the 11th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2013 – the aviation-related event of the year in Deputy Director General Russia. According to numerous MAKS 2013 exhibitors and visitors, the Nadezhda Kashirina show became far more impressive, with the number of exhibitors growing Marketing Director noticeably, number of foreign delegations increasing and infrastructure George Smirnov of the show improving. The status of MAKS as a business event and a place to conduct scientific fora and conferences has been bolstered. New Business Development Director products of Russian aerospace industry unveiled at MAKS 2013 became Mikhail Fomin the topics in this issue. Special Projects Director As usually we also focus our attention on the main events in Russian Artyom Korenyako aviation life of recent months, with preference given to those of them that could be of special interest to the current and potential users of Russian aircraft in the Middle East and North Africa. News items for “In Brief” columns are prepared by editorial I wish you fruitful work at the Dubai airshow, useful contacts and staff based on reports of our special correspondents, press lucrative contracts!. releases of production companies as well as by using information distributed by ITAR-TASS, ARMS-TASS, Interfax-AVN, RIA Novosti, RBC news agencies and published at www.aviaport.ru, www.avia.ru, www.gazeta.ru, www.cosmoworld.ru web sites Items in the magazine placed on this colour background or supplied with a note “Commercial” are published on a commercial basis. Sincerely, Editorial staff does not bear responsibility for the contents of such items. Andrey Fomin, Editor-in-Chief, © Aeromedia, 2013 Take-off magazine P.O. Box 7, Moscow, 125475, Russia Tel. +7 (495) 644-17-33, 798-81-19 Fax +7 (495) 644-17-33 E-mail: [email protected] www.take-off.ru contents COMMERCIAL AVIATION November 2013 Launch customers for Tu-204SM? . 4 Cuba receives its third An-158 . 5 New MC-21 orders . 6 Superjet finds more customers . 8 IFC entering global market . 14 5 INDUSTRY Il-76MD-90A commences its official tests . 16 Trials of Russian Defence Ministry’s first An-148 . 17 Another Il-96 is airborne . 17 Mi-38 to enter full-rate production in two years . 18 Russian Helicopters displays RACHEL . 18 8 Debut of Mi-171A2 . 19 Certification of hydromechanical control system-equipped Ansat . 19 Rysachok for commuter airlines and for the military . 20 An-140T – ramp-equipped version of regional airliner . 20 Q400 to be made in Russia in the end? . 21 Austrian ‘diamonds’ of Russian cut. 21 Sukhoi supersonic bizjet . 22 Debut of PD-14 . 23 24 Ka-62 kicks off its trials . 24 Second wind of Yak-40 . 28 Kaleidoscope of re-engined An-2s in Zhukovsky . 29 New Mi-26T kicks off commercial service . 30 An-70 waiting for decision by Russian Defence Ministry . 30 Mi-28UB commences tests . 31 34 MOTOR SICH programmes in helicopter industry. 32 MILITARY AVIATION The fifth T-50 is in the air! . 34 More Su-34s for RusAF. 35 Irkut carries on with Yak-130 deliveries to Russian Air Force. 35 38 Su-30SM’s fielding to start in autumn . 36 RusAF looks forward to Su-35S . 37 MiG-35 awaiting order by Russian Air Force. 37 MiG-29K back on deck Report from Vikramaditya . 38 COSMONAUTICS 44 Space novelties of MAKS 2013 . 44 2 take-off november 2013 www.take-off.ru commercial aviation | news Launch customers for Tu-204SM? Both examples of the upgraded Tupolev Tu-204SM medium-haul airliner were part of the recent MAKS 2013 air show’s flight pro- Mikheyev Alexey gramme and static display. The aircraft with reg. RA-64150 was flown in the flight demonstration programme, while the one regis- tered as RA-64151 was shown as a static exhibit – Tupolev JSC used it for visits of potential customers. During the air show in Zhukovsky, two Russian carriers – VIM-Avia and Red Wings – displayed actual competition on the charter opera- Tu-204SM programme. The carrier bly shop of the Aviastar plant. interest in the Tu-204SM, the inter- tions market and the ouster of is said to have been eager at the Its airframe had been completed est that led to the signature of companies lacking orders for inter- time to acquire 10 Russian-built more than two years back, but the documents. national operations led to VIM-Avia airliners. The Tu-204SM’s recent work on it has been dragging its On 29 August, the third day of having launched a whole range certification by the IAC Aircraft feet since then. The fuselages of the air show, the Ilyushin Finance of scheduled services since 2011, Registry has made VIM-Avia get- two more aircraft (64153, 64154) Co. leasing company and VIM-Avia even though it had initially posi- ting the Russian aircraft more fea- have been mated and other signed a memorandum on financial tioned itself as solely a charter air sible. According to the airline, it components of their airframes leasing of five Tu-204SM airliners carrier. In 2012, its airliners were will begin to decommission its have virtually been completed. in the course of 2014–15, with five conducting scheduled flights to Boeing 757s in 2014. In addition to Hopefully, the Tu-204SM’s long- options. The carrier’s news release as many as about 30 cities. Today, the Tu-204SM agreement, howev- awaited certification earlier this read: “The seating layout of the around 80% of VIM-Avia’s services er, MAKS 2013 saw VIM-Avia and year and the agreements signed new aircraft is supposed to be 215 are scheduled. Ilyushin Finance Co. sign a letter of during MAKS 2013 will speed up seats”. The Tu-204SMs will fly the The altering of the development intent on leasing of five advanced their assembly. carrier’s current lines and expand approach influenced the moderni- Canadian Bombardier CS300s. The The GTLK State Transport its scheduled operations further. sation of the carrier’s aircraft fleet, carrier also has plans to procure Leasing Company may partner According to the Federal Air which aircraft’s age exceeds 20 short-haul Boeing 737s or Airbus with Ilyushin Finance Co. in the Transport Agency, VIM-Avia’s air- years and cabins have been worn A319 on the used aircraft market. Tu-204SM deliveries to Red Wings craft fleet comprised eight Boeing out considerably when the planes At present, the Red Wings air- and VIM-Avia. The two leasing 757-200s in mid-August. Three hauled tourists to the most popu- line, which has recently got a new companies came to agreement on more medium-haul airliners of the lar destinations (Egypt, Tunisia, owner but retained is development that at the air show in Zhukovsky. type were in the aircraft fleet of the Turkey). At least two years ago, strategy seems to be a more prob- However, it is worth repeating that Bashkortostan airline that was a the company began to ponder able commercial operator of the the documents signed by both subsidiary of the VIM-Avia group approaches to the renovation of Tu-204SM, as it uses eight Tupolev carriers are preliminary and their (the planes have been returned its aircraft fleet.