OREANDA-NEWS  The first flight of the Sukhoi Superjet New aircraft, which the aviation enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is working on, will take place in June this year. This, according to TASS, was told by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Khabarovsk Territory Yevgeny Romanov.

It is noted that in the current situation, the work on the project by the production center of the Irkut Corporation has been strengthened.

"The first flight of the new aircraft is scheduled for June 21," the report says.

Earlier, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, said that there would be almost no imported components in SSJ New.

Rostec also announced that six MS-21 aircraft with PD-14 engines will be delivered in 2024.