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According to the President of Russia's Irkut aircraft building corporation, Britain's Rolls Royce and Canada's Pratt & Whitney will be supplying engines to MS-21 aircraft that has been built by them.
Oleg Demchenko said: "The best two firms have been chosen. The technical details are being verified at the moment, and the final decision will be announced shortly."
The MS-21 plane, which is aimed at replacing the Tu-154 aircraft, has been developed by Ilyushin, Tupolev and Yakovlev of Russia.
The MS-21, which will be in use from 2010, will be competing with Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737 aircraft.
