Record number of contracts on MS-21 planes expected at MAKS.

ZHUKOVSKY (Moscow region), August 17 (Itar-Tass) - The second day of
the MAKS-2011 air show is expected to have a record number of contracts on
the MS-21 medium-haul airplanes.
A source in the aviation industry told Itar-Tass that Irkut
Corporation and the Ilyushin Finance Co leasing company are expected to
sign a firm contract on the supply of 28 MS-21 planes. The document also
envisages an option for 22 airliners. The companies had signed a
preliminary agreement of intent at the Farnborough international air show
in 2010. Then they agreed that the price of planes will be determined in a
solid contract on the supply of aircraft. In 2010, Irkut sold 50 MS-21
planes to the Indonesian company Crecom at a price of 3 billion US
dollars. So, the cost of one plane could be about 60 million dollars.
In addition, the largest Russian airline Aeroflot plans to sign an
agreement with the Russian Technologies State Corporation (Rostekhnologii)
on 50 MS-21 plane. Rostechnologii plans to give the liners to the air
carrier for lease. A Memorandum of Understanding on the supply of 50 MS-21
planes was signed between Irkut and Russian Technologies in Sochi in 2010.
According to Irkut CEO Alexei Fyodorov, the estimated value of the
contract amounted to 3 billion US dollars.
The Irkut MS-21 (Airliner of the 21st Century) is a proposed series of
three twin-engine short-range and mid-range Russian jet airliners with a
capacity of 150-212 passengers being developed and to be produced by Irkut
and Yakovlev Design Bureau of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) group.
Slated to replace the Tupolev Tu-154 and Tupolev Tu-204/214 in service,
the MS-21 certification is planned by 2016. The initial design is to
include composite materials (about 33 percent), increasing to 40-45
percent provided a composite wing is added in 2015. In March 2008, a
contract was signed which will see Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, a
subsidiary of Sukhoi Corporation, designing and manufacturing the wings
for the aircraft. Engines supplied for the Russian domestic market will be
the Aviadvigatel PD-14. In December 2009, Pratt & Whitney announced that
the Irkut Corporation had selected the PW1000G engine to power the MS-21.
On August 20, 2009, Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corporation, announced they had signed a $2.3 billion deal
with Irkut to supply systems for the MS-21. Irkut also selected Rockwell
Collins and its Russian partner Avionika to supply the MS-21's avionics.
Goodrich, along with Aviapribor, secured the mandate to develop an
integrated control system for the MS-21.