ARMENIA CANCELS SSJ ORDER
The Moscow Times
July 9 2012
Armenian national carrier Armavia will not be buying a second Sukhoi
Superjet 100, the company has said.
“Armenia is not going to buy it,” airline spokeswoman Nana
Avetisova told Interfax on Monday. She did not give a reason for
the cancellation.
Armavia, which has a single Superjet, was the first airline to launch
commercial flights using the SSJ in April 2011. It was due to take
delivery of a second aircraft between June 20 and July 30 this year.
The only other SSJ operator so far is Aeroflot, which has eight of
the aircraft. Russian media have reported that Aeroflot’s fleet has
been plagued by technical difficulties. The Superjet’s reputation
suffered a blow when one flew into the side of an Indonesian
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