Irkut Corp. is going to display a full-scale mock-up of a 20-m-long section of the fuselage of its prospective MC-21 new-generation short/medium-haul airliner at Le Bourget for the first time in June 2011. An impressive mock-up includes pilots cockpit and passenger cabin. By now Irkut has already got 190 orders for MC-21 airliner.

Malaysian investment company Crecom Burj Resources became the launch customer of the MC-21 at Farnborough airshow last summer and placed 50 firm orders (25 MC-21-200s and 25 MC-21-300s designed for 168 and 212 seats in the single-class tourist layout respectively). The contract is valued at $3 billion in list prices, with the delivery slated for 2016–2020. Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. leasing company ordered 28 airliners with 22 options. Another Russian aircraft lessor, VEB-Leasing, made an agreement for 15 planes with 15 options. Two letters of intent were signed by air carriers as well: Russian tourist charter carrier Nordwind ordered five MC-21s plus two options, and a customer, who requested anonymity, ordered the same number of airliners. Overall, these deals clinched at Farnborough 2010 generated a good orderbook for the MC-21 developer, totalling 140 aircraft.