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(Moscow)Aeroflot and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) have signed an agreement on delivery of 20 latest Russian-built aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100). The Letter of Intent was signed today by the Director General of Aeroflot Vitaliy Savelyev and SCACHead of the Board of Directors Mikhail Pogosyan. Aircraft will be purchased additionally to current firm contract for delivery of 30 aircraft of that type. Thus, by 2017 the fleet of the leading Russian airline would have 50 SSJ100 aircraft in total. Sukhoi Holding is to 25 % owned by the Italian Alenia Aermacchi.
-It was a Letter of Intent to purchase 20 SSJ100 more. At the moment Aeroflot has a firm order for 30 SSJ100. When the Letter to be converted to a firm order the number of SSJ100 will total 50 aircrafts, says Marina Motornaya Head of Press Office JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
Totally New Phase
The majority of SSJ100 will be delivered in “Full” configuration with 87 passenger seats in a comfortable two-class configuration: there willbe 12 seats in business and 75 seats in economy class. The agreement marks the start of a totally new phase of cooperation between Aeroflot and United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), of which SCAC is a part. The two companies shall coordinate their long-term strategic development plans giving a powerful impetus to Russian aircraft industry development. The Noregian Banks Investment Management is investing 152 millioner kroner i Aeroflot Airline og eier 0,82 prosent ifølge Norges Banks beholdsningsverdier. As of the beginning of 2015 Aeroflot operates 16 SSJ100 aircraft. Thanks to these aircraft Aeroflot has an opportunity to pursue one of thekey paths in the strategy of creating a global network air company and reinforce the leadership on a national air transport market. SSJ100aircraft are becoming an important part of Aeroflot fleet, which is the world’s youngest fleet among the major air companies operating atleast 100 aircraft.
Italian Technology
The Sukhoi shareholders are Sukhoi Holding (a UAC Company) (75% – 1 share) and the Italian Alenia Aermacchi, a FinmeccanicaCompany, holding 25% + 1 share since April 7, 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to develop new regional aircraft projects and is in charge of the aircraft development, certification and production. The company is also responsible for SSJ100 marketing, sales in Russia, the CIS, China, India, Middle East and Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Moscow. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has a branch seated in Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Sukhoi Superjet 100 is the main project of the Company. Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship carrier and one of the largest airline groups in Europe. In 2013, its 90th anniversary year, Aeroflot carried 20.9 million passengers (31.4 million passengers as Aeroflot Group including subsidiaries), a record for any Russian airline. A proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot and its partners serve more than 1,000 destinations in 177 countries worldwide. Aeroflot operates the youngest fleet in the World (among the major airlines), numbering 150 Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi airliners. Aeroflot is among the global leaders in aviation safety.
Business as Usual
The SSJ100 is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with AleniaAermacchi, a Finmeccanica Company. On May 19th 2008 SSJ100 successfully accomplished its first flight. 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. All models of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 are equipped with the same engine, two SaM 146 turbofans produced by PowerJet, a joint venture between Snecma and Saturn. Today the SSJ100 is certified by multiple National Aviation Authorities: EASA, IAC AR and Mexican, Laos andIndonesian Civil Aviation Authorities. In 2011 the first production SSJ100 entered into service, reports Nordic News.
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