30 October President of United Aircraft Corporation said that by the end of this year in Ulyanovsk, a plant will open, whose activities will be aimed at producing composite wings for The newest liner MS-21.

"Yes, until the end of the year opened", - said Mikhail Pogosyan.

ZAO "AeroComposite" will implement the project of the plant. The first stages of construction began in 2011, the investment amount is 250 million rubles.

The factory will be engaged in the manufacture of panel parts of the wings. Also, there will be a final assembly of the wings, after which they will be delivered to the plants.

MS-21 modern sweep Tu-154 и Tu-134. It will be produced in three versions: the MS-21-200 plane is designed for 150 passenger seats, MC-21-300 on 180 and MS-21-400 on 212. Airplanes will be manufactured at the Irkutsk plant. The first flight of the vessel is designed for 2015 year, and deliveries will begin in 2017 year.