MIKHAIL POGHOSIAN SAYS SUPERJET-100 FIRST SERIAL PLANES TO BE PROVIDED TO "AEROFLOT" OR "ARMAVIA"
ARMENPRESS
Feb 13, 2009
BANGALOR (INDIA), FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS: Head of the "MiG"
corporation of "Sukhoi" holding Mikhail Poghosian told journalists that
"Sukhoi" intends to provide first serial Superjet-100 planes to Russian
"Aeroflot" airlines or to Armenian "Armavia".
"Now we try to ensure the supply of first planes to "Aeroflot" and
"Armavia". Let’s see who will get the first", – he said.
Poghosian considered getting the international permit a primary issue
of creators of the Superjet.
Sukhoi Superjet-100 is the first project of "Civil planes of
Sukhoi". The first Sukhoi Superjet-100 was presented to the public
on September 26, 2007 in Amur Komsomolski factory.
At present two Sukhoi Superjet-100 planes take part in the program
of flight tests in Russia. As of today the portfolio of stable orders
of Sukhoi Superjet-100 reaches 98 planes.