Swiss heavyweight Comlux has snubbed the industry’s big brands to become launch customer for the VIP version of Sukhoi’s Superjet 100 airliner – just four months after the variant was announced at the Paris air show.
The order for two Sukhoi Business Jets, plus two options, was unveiled today by SuperJet International, the joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica and the Russian manufacturer, which is responsible for marketing the jet outside the former Soviet Union and Asia.
The two aircraft will be delivered in 2014, three years after the first regional jet version entered service with Armenian airline Armavia. The jets will be completed at Comlux America, the fast-growing charter operator’s outfitting and maintenance division in Indianapolis, with auxiliary fuel tanks installed by Sukhoi.
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