Sukhoi has replaced all the 10 light configuration SuperJet 100 airliners in service with Russian flag carrier Aeroflot with fully confi...
Sukhoi has replaced all the 10 light configuration SuperJet 100 airliners in service with Russian flag carrier Aeroflot with fully configured aircraft.
The replacement was completed following the delivery of SSJ100 with the tail number RA-89027, to Aeroflot on June 26.
In order to avoid delivery delays following some modifications requested by Aeroflot, the first 10 Superjets were agreed to be delivered in light specification and later replaced by aircraft in full specification.
Sukhoi is scheduled to deliver 8 more SSJ100 by the end of 2014.
The full specification aircraft includes an upgraded Flight Management System (FMS) and a weather radar equipped with a wind direction detection function, additional video control cameras, separate lighting controls for both economy and business class and an additional working position for a flight attendant at the wall of option galley at the back of the aircraft.
Individual gaspers over each passenger seat were also installed, thus improving passenger comfort. The full aircraft is equipped with three lavatories with diaper boards, and each three-seat-block in the cabin has an additional oxygen mask. Instead of three galleys, the aircraft contains four, one of which is equipped with two ovens. There is also additional space to fit a flight baby cot.
Currently, Aeroflot is the largest operator of SS100 with 10 of the 30 on order, operational. The fleet have performed more than 20 000 commercial flights with the total duration of more than 30 000 flight hours.
The light version aircraft, removed from Aeroflot's fleet, is operated by other Russian airlines. They perform both regular and charter flights on routes to the cities in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Montenegro, Turkey, Kazakhstan and also the Middle East.
Currently, the airline carries out flights using Superjet to several dozen of directions, to the cities in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus.
