The management of the United Aircraft Corporation named the date of the first flight of the Russian-Chinese airliner.

According to the statement made by Alexander Tulyakov, the project of a passenger liner developed jointly by Russia and China will be implemented by the time of 2025, in particular, by the middle of this year, the aircraft will be able to make its first flight, and consequently, the serial production of aircraft can begin as early as 2027 .

According to preliminary data, by the end of this week, the passenger liner of the joint development will have a name, and towards the end of the year, the first details of this promising project may appear, whose life cycle will be about 50 years.