In September, Aeroflot signed a contract for 90 MS-21 aircraft, the largest deal in the history of Russian civil aviation. Vladimir Putin participated in the signing, stating that the airlines must renew their fleets through local developments.
The MS-21 has a Russian heart: the PD-14 engine, developed in Perm. It is the first full domestic power unit of its kind since the 1980s. Production of such engines from scratch is only possible in a few countries in the world.
PD-14 engines are currently installed in serial production aircraft. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant recently received units for the fourth aircraft.