OREANDA-NEWS. November 6, 2007. In the course of the visit of the visit of the Russia’s government First vice president Sergey Ivanov to the Irkutsk Aircraft plant on 25th October 2007 the "Irkut" Corporation President Oleg Demchenko announced the commencement of serial deliveries of the components for Airbus А320 airliners.  The nose Landing Gear bays became the first items manufactured by the "Irkut" main production facility – the Irkutsk Aircraft plant. After undergoing proper tests one of the items has been already integrated onto the series А320 airliner at the Airbus plant in Meaulte, France.

Oleg Demchenko pointed out: "Establishing partnership and cooperation with Airbus and EADS is surely having a positive effect upon "Irkut"’s evolution. We are introducing state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies certified against the Airbus standards, thus diversifying production facilities and gaining a stable source of revenue for the long term".