Russia and India to join forces on airliner production?

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is assessing the possibility of launching localised production of several airliner types in India. Provisional talks have reportedly centred around establishing a new production line for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100), along with collaboration on the Ilyushin Il-114 turboprop and Irkut MC-21 airliner. Yury Slyusar, general director of UAC told Russian news outlet TASS: “One of the current topics [under discussion] is the possibility of starting production of SSJ100 aircraft in a basic version with a