ARMENIA TO GIVE A TRY TO RUSSIAN SUPERJET
Russia-InfoCenter
18.09.2 007
Russia
Armenia has become the first amongst the former states of the
Commonwealth of Independent States to order made-in-Russia planes of
Superjet family, as the press-service of the aircraft manufacturer
Sukhoi reported yesterday, September 17.
The company Civil Aircraft of Sukhoi (Grazhdanskiye Samolety Sukhogo)
and the Armenian air company Armavia have signed a firm contract on
purchasing of two planes Superjet-95LR with an improved flying range
and two more Superjet planes were registered as purchase option. The
deal, that was estimated at US$55-60 million, is to be financed by
the Bank of Foreign Trade of Russia (Vneshtorgbank).
The press-service of Sukhoi marks that supplying of the first
Superjet-95LR to the air company Armavia is scheduled for the end
of 2008.
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