25 APRIL 2011

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Sukhoi Superjet delivered at last

Russia's state-owned aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi last week delivered its first Superjet regional airliner to Armenian airline Armavia.  The plane, named after the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, will be used on flights to Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Sochi and the Ukraine.

Sukhoi's Superjet 100, with a capacity of 68-103 passengers, was developed in partnership with Boeing and Italy's Finmeccanica.  It competes head on with the established Embraer e-series and Bombardier’s CRJ.  It is the first all-new civil jetliner to be produced by Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union.  And just like its larger contemporaries at Airbus and Boeing is late with initial deliveries.  Currently on order are 170 aircraft and up to one dozen are expected to reach customer airlines this year.

Privately owned Armenia is very much a regional airline with a small fleet of mainly Airbus 320 series aircraft.  The carrier has a further aircraft on order. www.sukhoi.org/eng

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