- Welcome back to the Dubai Airshow.
There are over a hundred aeroplane
with many manufacturers on display.
So today, we're going to check out some of the most
modern aeroplanes come from Russia,
the MC-21 and the Sukhoi SuperJet, let's find out.
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I'm visiting another new aeroplane at the show,
the Russian MC-21.
I'm very keen to find out what's inside like.
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Morning,
(both speaks in Russian).
Yeah, I'm excited to see a brand new
Russian aircraft, MC-21.
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- The main competitive advantages of our aircraft
are high aspect ratio capacity to wing.
We use new composite materials-
- [Sam] Composite wing?
- Yeah, composite wing and new materials for our wing.
By increasing the aspect ratio,
we reduce the induced drag and fuel consumption
of the aircraft.
Also, we use new systems.
We have the widest fuselage in the class
of single aisle aircraft.
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And here in this fuselage you just can see
a portion of a passenger cabin.
We put it here just for demonstration purposes.
So we have two rows of business class seats,
and three rows of economy class seats.
- Let me try to sit here and sit down.
And it's an interesting aeroplane
because it's a green aeroplane in the front
that has testing station and terminals.
And then the back there's a cabin demonstration,
there's a hybrid kind of model.
How many seats if it all filled, Elana?
- Well, in the case of a two-class configuration,
it will hold 163 seats
with 16 seats of business class
and 147 of economy class.
- [Sam] Okay.
- [Elana] The maximum capacity of the aircraft
is 211 passengers.
- [Sam] So, you're directly competing
with Airbus 320?
- [Elana] Absolutely.
- And the Boeing 737 narrow-body.
It feels quite wide because you don't have a lot of seats
right now inside the plane.
And it feels very modern,
I have to say, I give you credit there,
and very big windows.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Very big windows, yeah very big,
much bigger, it's good for me, plane spotters.
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When do you expect a certification to complete
and the plane enter service to fly?
- So we estimate that the Russian certificate
will be issued by the end of this year
and the first aircraft will be delivered
to our first customer by the end of next year.
- Which airline will be the first airline to fly the MC-21?
- Well, it will be Rossiya, Russian Airline.
- Rossiya, Russia Airline, okay.
When this plane enters service, I have to give it a try.
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Let's check out the MC-21 cockpit here.
Oh, I'm surprised, a narrow body aeroplane,
cockpit here is huge actually.
Very interesting and it looks so familiar,
four major display screen
it looks very similar to the Western aeroplane now.
Even the colour has changed.
We used to have the green colour,
the emerald green, J colour,
everything looks very modernised and yoke as well,
fly by wire.
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Out of all the features on board,
what's the one killer feature you have,
the advantage MC-21 has?
- My personal opinion, I'm a design engineer,
so I think that the high aspect ratio of the wing
is the most important feature of our aircraft,
because it reduces drag.
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- After seeing one Russian aeroplane, MC-21,
this is another one, I remember this one.
A SuperJet, but I think this is a VIP one.
I'm keen to found out what the Russian luxury aeroplane
looks like, let's go.
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We have to open the door ourselves to check it out.
This is like open sesame.
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Oh, okay, let's come on in.
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Wow, this is very different to the airliners.
Wow, this is quite some luxury.
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It's actually very nice.
The interior, the fitting, the design,
everything blends in very well.
When you walk in, it gives you
a very welcome feeling actually.
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See, we're in the second zone,
the first one you've got a meeting,
and this is a lounging zone.
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So they just told me everything can be controlled
by one touch of a finger on the tablets.
The table can go up and down (table whirring)
and then you can watch your favourite entertainment,
the map, the camera.
Imagine dining here and watching your favourite show,
flying at 39,000 feet, that's some high life.
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Okay, so towards the end of the plane,
this is where the bedroom, of course,
a bigger aeroplane you can have a double-sized bed
and a lounge.
Yeah, I think the standard of the luxury
is getting higher and higher.
When you have a space like this aeroplane,
even I can see there are electric blinds as well.
Yeah, beautiful ambiance, isn't it?
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So everything's on tablet now, so it's here.
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Well, all you have to do here.
Oh, this is dim and dark, wow.
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So advanced actually.
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I'm checking out the bathroom.
Oh, surprise, there's actually also a shower
in this SuperJet.
Yeah, it's very interesting
and didn't realise this SuperJet room is quite small.
The inside is actually lots of leg room, yeah.
Very nice, very surprising.
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You can move around, okay.
So I didn't know what the brand Aurus,
is it a charter operator airline, what's Aurus?
- Aurus as a newly emerged Russian brand
of high-technology products in the premier sector.
And we agreed with the Aurus
to collaborate and have their name on our word
to present to their world's market
the finest, severely upgraded piece of equipment
in the private jet sector.
Aurus is a combination of part of the two words,
Aurum, which means gold, in Latin,
R-U-S, which is a part of Russia.
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- It was not something I have expected.
Your decor is similar to all your peers in the industry
we see ACJ, BBJ.
What's your biggest advantage on this plane
you think you have the edge over them?
- Our price tag is significantly lower than those.
- You have significant lower price tag?
- [Host] That's correct.
- [Sam] What's the fuel consumption on the SSD?
- [Host] Very economically effective piece of equipment.
1.8 tonnes of fuel their flight hour.
- [Sam] 1.8 tonne per engine, per hour?
- No, not per engine, for the entire aircraft.
- Really? - Yes.
- Only 1.8 tonne per hour?
- That's correct. - Wow.
This is one of those severely upgraded feature, he told me
I'll put my phone here
and there's a wireless charger.
Yeah, it's now charging.
Nice Gary auto wires, no more cables.
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- [Sam] How long and the distance of the range
this plane can fly?
(pilot speaks in foreign language)
- [Sam] And also what is the speed
and also how high it can fly?
(pilot speaks in foreign language)
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Like Airbus, you have table here table here?
- [Pilot] No.
- Table, really?
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Wow.
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Nice ergonomic design.
- Navigation display and system display.
Electrical system, hydraulic system,
air condition system, engine APU, fuel.
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- So I toured a whole plane,
but I found one secretive compartment here.
Is this actually the crew wrist?
- No, no. - No?
- No, it's deployable air stairs.
- A a deployable air stairs.
So your air stair, you don't need this stair
you can go to remote airfield.
They have no infrastructure a stair will come down.
- Yes.
- That's very unique for a private jet
to have a deployable air stairs.
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Wow, these planes are really modern
not the classic Tupelo or the illusion
that I used to fly
and I really wish them success
because the sky needs more variety.
Hopefully we're get to fly them soon.