VIP cabin for Mi-38
![In VIP configuration the new MI-38 can carry 12 passengers In VIP configuration the new MI-38 can carry 12 passengers](http://www.ato.ru/files/styles/r-inpage-super/public/field_image/img_0494.jpg)
The new Mil Mi-38 medium-class helicopter is still in testing at Moscow’s Mil helicopter plant but there is already a VIP/corporate configuration being developed. Its mock-up, created jointly with interior specialist Air Taxi Service, was first unveiled at the MAKS 2011 air show in August.
Sources at Mil say the forward part of the VIP cabin features four luxury seats in double club arrangement with two tables. The aisle between the sets of seats is more than 60 cm wide. In the aft section there are two four-seat sofas lining the sides of the cabin, each seat 50 cm wide. Optional equipment includes in-flight entertainment and a minibar. Entry is through an airstair door on the port side. The baseline passenger version of the Mi-38 accommodates up to 30 people (29 passengers plus one flight attendant), with a seat pitch of 75 cm.
Two Mi-38 prototypes are currently in tests; one is powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW 127/5 engines, the other with Russian-made Klimov TV-117 powerplants. The latter airframe has been modified to bring it up to the national AP-29 airworthiness standards (equivalent to the US FAR 29). Series production should begin in 2014.
Alexei Sinitsky
Ссылки по теме
- Для того, чтобы оставить комментарий, не привязанный к социальной сети, войдите или зарегистрируйтесь на нашем сайте.
CIS & Russian Aviation News And Insights
- Russia’s aviation authorities anticipate seven per cent traffic decline in 2024
- Russian airlines’ traffic to BRICS countries short of 50% of the pre-pandemic level
- Aeroflot’s financials outperform pre-pandemic results
- The number of passengers at Russian airports increased by 6.7%
- Aeroflot sets record-breaking flight frequencies for key domestic routes
- Russian airlines’ April passenger traffic increased by 8.3%
- Aeroflot adapts Russian IT system for strength analysis in MRO
- Russian lessor GTLK estimated the loss from liquidation of its Irish business at 2.49 billion roubles
- The second Ilyushin IL-114-300 prototype turboprop has made its maiden flight