News | 07 Jun 2013 15:18 | Dan Thisdell
<P>As Superjet International makes its final push to ready an Interjet-liveried Superjet 100 regional jet for display at the Paris air show, the Venice-based operation is quietly hoping that it may have a choice of two aircraft to take to Le Bourget.</P> <P>The Alenia Aermacchi-Sukhoi joint venture responsible for marketing and customer support in Western markets, as well as completion for Western customers, has one aircraft nearly finished in its hangar at Venice Marco Polo airport, but while the interior installation of a second is only about halfway finished, work on that second aircraft is going so smoothly that chief executive Nazario Cauceglia thinks he will have the luxury of choosing which one to fly to Le Bourget.</P> <P>Though both may be finished before the Paris air show kicks off, it is remarkable how much more advanced one is than the other. Customer account manager Bruce McCrea says it may seem strange, given the pressure to get aircraft delivered to Interjet, to have behttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Interjet-Superjet-shows-rapid-evolution-of-Venice-completion-operation-386857/News | 04 Jun 2013 08:33 | David Kaminski-Morrow
<P>One of Mexican carrier Interjet's Sukhoi Superjet 100s is set to represent the Russian airframer's commercial interests at the Paris air show, while the manufacturer works to smooth its production process and broaden its tentative presence in the sector.</P> <P>Interjet represents the first customer that the airframer classifies as Western, and work on the first of 20 Superjets for the carrier commenced at the Superjet International facility in Venice during October 2012. Aircraft 95023 rolled out of the paint shop in Interjet colours in February.</P> <P> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 50%" border=0 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TH> <IMG style="WIDTH: 640px; HEIGHT: 426px" border=0 alt="Credit - Superjet International" src="../assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=49520"></TH></TR> <TR> <TD> <P align=right> Superjet International</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P>The finishing work has finally allowed the Italian venture to play a more prominent part in the Superjet programme, twohttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Sukhoi-bids-to-ramp-up-Superjet-production-386657/News | 13 Mar 2013 16:50 | Vladimir Karnozov
Russian energy giant Gazprom's internal carrier, Gazpromavia, is to be the first recipient of the long-range Sukhoi Superjet 100LR, which has just started flight tests.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-long-range-Superjet-set-for-launch-383406/News | 13 Mar 2013 15:53 | Vladimir Karnozov
<P>Russian energy giant Gazprom's internal carrier, Gazpromavia, is to be the first recipient of the long-range Sukhoi Superjet 100LR, which has just started flight tests.</P> <P>Gazpromavia will take delivery by the end of 2013 and Sukhoi insists it is on track following the maiden flight on 12 February. The aircraft has been ferried to Moscow Zhukovsky for certification trials and a second will fly later this month.</P> <P>Sukhoi has designed the 100LR to operate over a 2,470nm (4,570km) range, 50% greater than that of the basic airframe.</P> <P>The LR will have a maximum take-off weight of 49.5t, compared with 45.9t for the basic. It will also have uprated PowerJet SaM146-1S18 engines, generating an additional 5% thrust and better climb performance. It has the same fuel tanks and the landing gear has not needed strengthening, says Sukhoi.</P> <P>Sukhoi Civil Aircraft chief designer Alexander Dolotovsky says the wing area is unchanged but its structure has been reinforced. "We sthttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Gazpromavia-set-to-take-first-long-range-Superjet-383403/News | 22 Oct 2012 09:54 | Luca Peruzzi
Superjet International has officially inaugurated its Venice-Tesera completions facility for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircraft as it gears up to...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Superjet-International-gears-up-for-work-on-Interjet-order-377891/News | 16 Feb 2012 13:56 | David Kaminski-Morrow
<p>Sukhoi's civil aircraft division has identified 12 customers comprising the 168 orders for its Superjet 100 aircraft.</p><p>The airframer had listed the...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Twelve-customers-in-Superjet-100-order-backlog-368395/