Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Kuban Airlines signed an LOI for 12 Sukhoi Superjet 100
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 19.08.2011 |
August 19, 2011, Zhukovsky (Moscow region) - At the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011 Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Kuban Airlines signed a Letter of Intent for 12 Sukhoi Superjet 100/95B aircraft. The order is valued at 380,4 million USD at list prices. The document was signed by Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of JSC «Sukhoi Civil Aircraft» and Denis Ilyin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuban Airlines and Managing Director of Aviation Business at Basic Element Group.
Under the LOI, deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2012.
«I'm glad to welcome one of the leading airlines in southern Russia among the customers of Sukhoi Superjet 100. I express gratitude to Kuban Airlines for their trust and I'm sure the company will enjoy all the benefits of choosing our aircraft for its fleet renewal. Its low costs and superb payload-range performance will open new market opportunities for our customer, allowing them to serve routes previously seemed inaccessible», - stated Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk.
"Active expansion of our popular regional route network in the South of Russia is a key element of the development strategy of Kuban Airlines. The agreement provides us with new opportunities to complete the task in the most effective way", Denis Ilyin said.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RRJ-95) is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with Alenia Aeronautica. On May 19th 2008 SSJ100 successfully accomplished its first flight. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 cruises at a Maximum Operating Speed of Mach 0.81 and 40.000 feet. It takes off from a 1731 meters runway in the basic range and 2052 meters in the long range. The operating range for the basic version is 3048 km and 4578 km for the long range version. In February 2011, the SSJ100 obtained the Type Certificate by the Russian Certification Authority IAC AR. The EASA certification is expected to follow in 2011. On April 19th 2011 first production SSJ100 was delivered to Armavia airlines (Armenia).
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company:
The Company's shareholders are the Sukhoi Holding owing 75% - 1 share and the Italian Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, holding 25% + 1 share since April 7, 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to develop new regional aircraft projects. Headquartered in Moscow, the Company enjoys several production branches seated in the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk and Voronezh. Today the company employs over 2,000 people.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 - a new family of regional jets - is the Company's major project.
Kuban Airlines:
Kuban Airlines, one of the largest airlines in southern Russia, is part of the Aviation Business of Basic Element Group. The airline, based at the International Airport of Krasnodar, operates scheduled and charter flights in Russia, CIS and abroad serving more than 30 destinations.
The development strategy of Kuban Airlines includes a significant expansion of route network from the airports of the Krasnodar Territory. In particular, the airline is implementing a program of fleet renewal, introducing modern aircraft.
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