MOSCOW – Serial production of Russia’s first post-Soviet mainline commercial aircraft will be delayed by a year due to U.S. sanctions, the head of state-owned industrial conglomerate Rostec said on Feb. 18, Russian news agencies reported.
Reuters: US sanctions delay Russian passenger jet by a year
Picture taken through a window shows Vladimir Putin (R) listening to Mikhail Pogosyan (C), CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation CEO as they view the interior of the MS-21 mid-range jet airliner cabin at the pavilion of the United Aircraft Corporation at the MAKS-2011 international air show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow on August 17, 2011.
