- About 200 SSJ100 aircraft are already flying
- 2021 plans include the delivery of about 33 Superjet aircraft to Russian airlines
- Large part of the deliveries would go to Aurora airline
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov announced that Russiaโs United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) plans to deliver over 30 SSJ100 (Sukhoi Superjet 100) passenger aircraft by the end of 2021.
“About 200 aircraft of this brand are already flying and this yearโs plans include the delivery of about 33 Superjet aircraft to our airlines,” Deputy Prime Minister said.
The official added that large part of the deliveries would go to Aurora, a Russian Far East airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Region.
Theย Sukhoi Superjet 100 orย SSJ100ย is aย regional jetย designed by Russian aircraft companyย Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of theย United Aircraft Corporationย (now: Regional Aircraft โ Branch of theย Irkut Corporation).
With development starting in 2000, it made itsย maiden flightย on 19 May 2008 and its first commercial flight on 21 April 2011 withย Armavia.
The 46โ49ย ton (101,000โ108,000ย lb)ย MTOWย plane typically seats 87 to 98 passengers and is powered by two 77โ79ย kN (17,000โ18,000ย lbf)ย PowerJet SaM146ย turbofans developed by a joint venture between Frenchย Safranย and Russianย NPO Saturn.
By May 2018, 127 were in service and by September the fleet had logged 300,000 revenue flights and 460,000 hours. The plane has recorded threeย hull lossย accidents and 86 deaths as of Mayย 2019.