Aircraft of the MS-21 family, that were designed by the aircraft designing companies Ilyushin and Yakovlev, have won a tender on creating short and medium-long range planes. The tender was held by the Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos. MS-21s will be manufactured in accordance with international standards and they are to replace passenger aircraft Tu-154Ms and Yak-42s, Alexander Smirnov, the deputy head of the civil aviation development department of Rosaviakosmos, told RBC.
Investments attracted on a commercial basis will be the main source of financing this program. This project will be included on the federal target program on developing civil aircraft in Russia in the period from 2002 to 2015. The total volume of investments in the project on creating the MS-21 aircraft family will amount to 15bn rubles (about $500m), Smirnov added.
Details of MS-21 programme
Replacement of Tu-154s and Yak-42s
Support from
- Aviastar-SP (where the aircraft is planned to be assembled)
- VASO
- National Reserve Bank
- Smolensk Aircraft Plant
- Ilyushin Finance
Timetable (if the consortium find enough interest in the programm)
full scale development next year
prototypes 2005-2007
certification 2008
deliveries 2009
Costs
vary from $460m to $600m,
Financing:
state: $210m of the $460m planned
Ilyushin and Yakovlev: $30m each
NRB: $20m + potential credit facilities for $100m.
Irkut: reported to be providing input valued at $100m with systems and power plant shared with the MTA.
Yakovlev estimates 415 sales for the aircraft within Russia and 228 for export from 2009 to 2028
General aircraft data:
3 derivates will be offered
baseline MS-21-200 with 156 seats, MTOW 71.1t, range 5500 km
stretch MS-21-300 with 174 seats, MTOW 72t, range 4500 km
shrink MS-21-100 with 132 seats, MTOW 65.8t, range 4700 km
wing span: 35.25m
wing sweep: 25°
supercritical airfoil wing of the YAK-242
fuselage length for the base: 35.25m
cross section width: 4.1 m
Engine:
- choice between the Aviadvigatel PS-12 and Kuznetsov TRDD-2005
- target sfc 0.545 (0.595 for the PS90A)
Avionics
not yet announced, most likely Irkut subsidiary Russian Avionics
Performance:
50% better fuel efficiency than 737-400
20% better fuel efficiency than A319
