MC-21-310 completes longest flight, but still falls short of A320neo range
Russian narrowbody flew more than 4,000 km from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky, although the ferry flight cannot be compared directly with commercial range figures
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First production MC-21 flies to Zhukovsky ahead of customer delivery
Russian-built MC-21-310 will undergo inspections and receive its customer livery after a 4,000-km ferry flight from Irkutsk
Irkut MC-21-310 gets paint and arrives at Zhukovsky to continue flight tests
Russian jetliner is the variant equipped with PD-14 engines, which replaces Pratt & Whitney's PW 1400G turbofans