Aeroflot-Russia's flag carrier on Monday signed an agreement to receive its 10th Sukhoi Superjet from Sukhoi. Earlier Aeroflot signed...
Aeroflot-Russia's flag carrier on Monday signed an agreement to receive its 10th Sukhoi Superjet from Sukhoi.
Earlier Aeroflot signed the Act of Delivery & Acceptance for the tenth deliverable Sukhoi Superjet 100 MSN 95018 at Ulyanovsk on September, 15, 2012.
The Act of Delivery & Acceptance confirms that the SSJ100 is transferred to the carrier with a full set of required operational and maintenance documentation and flight kit. The aircraft is ready to start commercial operation on Aeroflot's domestic and international route network.
The aircraft is planned to fly from Ulyanovsk to Moscow on September, 19, 2012.
Aeroflot currently has 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100s on order, with nine already in service as of the end of August.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is Russia's first all-new passenger aircraft since the fall of the Soviet Union. It is expected to replace the now-obsolete Tu-134.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with Alenia Aermacchi.The Sukhoi Superjet 100 cruises at a Maximum Operating Speed of Mach 0.81 and 40,000 feet. It takes off from a 1,731 meters runway in the basic range and 2,052 meters in the long range. The operating range for the basic version is 3,048 km and 4,578 km for the long range version.
Today nine SSJ100s in service with Aeroflot accumulated more than 6200 flight hours in almost 12 000 revenue flights.
