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First batchj-produced Superjet 100 to be handed over to Armenian
YEREVAN, April 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian aircraft manufacturing
corporation Sukhoi Civilian Airlines /GSS/ is expected to hand over to the
customer - the Armenian airline Armavia - the first batch-produced Sukhoi
Superjet 100.
All in all, Armavia will get two Superjets.
April 12, the GSS and Armavia signed an inspection certificate for the
jet, which certifies that the Superjet is being transferred to Armavia
with a full package of documents and service documentation.
The airliner matches the specified operational characteristics, does
not have operational limitations, has full airworthiness and is ready for
an immediate release on to commercial routes, both international and
domestic ones.
The Superjet is due to substitute for the old Soviet-era Tupolev-134
jets, which are still in operation.
The GSS has a confirmed portfolio of 170 orders for the Sukhoi jets.
The first airworthy machine in the family was shown to the public
September 26, 2007, at a factory in the Russian Far-Eastern city
Komsomoslk-on-Amur and it was also there that it took off on its maiden
flight May 19, 2008,
It is expected that the first Superjets will be supplied to Russia's
major line Aeroflot soon.
Along with this Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said last week
that Aeroflot's management is getting ready to issue sanctions against the
GSS, which disrupts the deadlines for the deliveries of new jets.
He recalled that, according to initial plans, the first Sukhoi
Superjets 100 were to reach Aeroflot at the end of 2010, but a delay in
the obtaining of a certificate prompted the company top postpone the
deadline several times.
"The delivery dates indicated in the contract have expired and now the
executives are drawing up on penalties," Levitin said. "They will first
send them to the GSS board of directors and then to the government."
He also said Aeroflot specialists had questions regarding the
technical condition of the new jets.
A spokesman for Aeroflot said along with this that Superjets have been
included in the airline's summer flights schedules and the management is
anxious to get them.
corporation Sukhoi Civilian Airlines /GSS/ is expected to hand over to the
customer - the Armenian airline Armavia - the first batch-produced Sukhoi
Superjet 100.
All in all, Armavia will get two Superjets.
April 12, the GSS and Armavia signed an inspection certificate for the
jet, which certifies that the Superjet is being transferred to Armavia
with a full package of documents and service documentation.
The airliner matches the specified operational characteristics, does
not have operational limitations, has full airworthiness and is ready for
an immediate release on to commercial routes, both international and
domestic ones.
The Superjet is due to substitute for the old Soviet-era Tupolev-134
jets, which are still in operation.
The GSS has a confirmed portfolio of 170 orders for the Sukhoi jets.
The first airworthy machine in the family was shown to the public
September 26, 2007, at a factory in the Russian Far-Eastern city
Komsomoslk-on-Amur and it was also there that it took off on its maiden
flight May 19, 2008,
It is expected that the first Superjets will be supplied to Russia's
major line Aeroflot soon.
Along with this Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said last week
that Aeroflot's management is getting ready to issue sanctions against the
GSS, which disrupts the deadlines for the deliveries of new jets.
He recalled that, according to initial plans, the first Sukhoi
Superjets 100 were to reach Aeroflot at the end of 2010, but a delay in
the obtaining of a certificate prompted the company top postpone the
deadline several times.
"The delivery dates indicated in the contract have expired and now the
executives are drawing up on penalties," Levitin said. "They will first
send them to the GSS board of directors and then to the government."
He also said Aeroflot specialists had questions regarding the
technical condition of the new jets.
A spokesman for Aeroflot said along with this that Superjets have been
included in the airline's summer flights schedules and the management is
anxious to get them.
