Flemish Aerospace Seeking to Join Russia-China Long-Haul Aircraft Project

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Flemish Aerospace Group (FLAG) is interested in participation in the joint Russian-Chinese project of a long-haul wide-body passenger plane, FLAG Managing Director Kris Van Der Plas told Sputnik on Wednesday on the sidelines of MAKS-2017 air show.

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ZHUKOVSKIY (Moscow Region) (Sputnik) — According to Van Der Plas, FLAG companies are the leading producers of specific parts of civil airplanes and could make a significant contribution to this project.

"The reason why we participate [in MAKS-2017] with our companies is the civil airline projects. One of the prospects that they are looking forward to is the long range wide-body aircraft that Russia and China are going to develop. And the intention of our companies is to be part of this development. This is the main reason why we are here," Van Der Plas said.

According to Van Der Plas, West's anti-Russian sanctions create troubles for such cooperation, however, "they are not a wall that we cannot breach."

Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) are working on developing the jumbo jet at an estimated cost of $13 billion, expected to take its first test flight in 2021 and put into commercial production in 2025.

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