Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 Russian Passenger Jet Closer To Market After Delays June 19, 2010 The engine for Russia's first post-Soviet passenger jet should earn certification soon, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, bringing a plane Moscow hopes will rival Boeing and Airbus aircraft closer to the market. Russian manufacturer Sukhoi's long-waited Superjet 100 made its maiden flight in May 2008, missing an initial 2007 deadline, and the first deliveries of the regional jet are more than a year behind schedule. The international engine certification process has been the main stumbling block for a plane pitched by officials as a new hope for languishing Russian manufacturers eclipsed even at home by Western rivals. "The certification is practically over," Putin said at the plant where Russia's Saturn makes the SaM 146 engines with French aerospace group Safran. He said Saturn must guarantee production of 140 engines per year by 2014, a number that suggests Sukhoi plans to produce 70 of the jets that year. Sukhoi management said that provided the certification comes this month, deliveries of the Superjet 100, designed to carry between 75 and 95 passengers, may start this year. The initial deadline was the end of 2008. Sukhoi, best known for its fighter jets, is owned by Russia's state-controlled United Aviation Corporation (UAC). It is developing the Superjet 100 in partnership with Italy's Finmeccanica. About 100 of the planes have been ordered and Russian flag carrier Aeroflot tops the list of future buyers. Putin, who held a government meeting at the Saturn plant, said the project was a priority and promised to take Saturn's financing needs into account when drafting Russia's 2011 budget. He said Saturn, part of conglomerate Russian Technologies, will receive some state funding this year. Russia is eager to breathe new life into its manufacturing and technology sectors as part of a drive to reduce dependence on natural resources. (Reuters) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted July 6, 2010 Sukhoi backtracks after listing Superjets for Alitalia Russian airframer Sukhoi is backpedalling from information in its annual report pointing to an agreement from Alitalia for its Superjet 100 aircraft. The manufacturer is claiming that a table detailing its order backlog, and which listed a firm 20-aircraft commitment from the Italian flag-carrier, was published "erroneously". "In the backlog table certain airlines are mentioned by mistake," insists Sukhoi. "The same table mistakenly mixed firm orders with slot allocations." Sukhoi hastily withdrew the annual report after ATI reported the apparent Alitalia agreement, republishing it with the backlog table removed. "New orders are expected to be signed at Farnborough," says the airframer, without giving further details. The information in the table had listed 123 aircraft as firm orders, from eight customers, although the backlog appeared to have undergone amendments since June 2009 when the airframer registered orders for 122 Superjets, from nine customers. Aeroflot and Armavia still have a total of 32 Superjets on order. These carriers are set to receive the first deliveries of the type. But two Russian carriers - AirUnion and Dalavia - have ceased operations and Sukhoi is no longer counting their combined order for 21. Russian lessor Avialeasing has 24 in the backlog and a spokeswoman for Sukhoi says the 10-strong order for Finance Leasing Company is still intact, although the annual report listed these as two firm and eight optioned aircraft. Finance Leasing Company signed an agreement last August to supply two Superjets to Siberian carrier Yakutia. The Sukhoi spokeswoman says there are three non-Russian customers for the Superjet: ItAli Airlines with an order for 10, Asset Management Advisors with five, and an undisclosed customer for 20. But Sukhoi's backlog table in its annual report, before the data was removed, indicated a different composition. It listed ItAli's order but also included 20 aircraft against Alitalia's name, and attributed another 15 and 20 Superjets to customers respectively identified as SOGECA and ACE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted December 25, 2016 Russia Grounds Its Newest Airliner Over Safety Concerns MOSCOW — Russian aviation authorities have grounded the country’s fleet of its newest model of civilian airliner, the Sukhoi Superjet 100. Metal fatigue, a problem usually associated with older airplanes, was discovered in the tail section of a new Sukhoi plane, the Russian regulator Rosaviatsia said Friday. The grounding was the latest setback for the Russian jet, which has already had a rough introduction. The plane model is important as a test of whether Russia’s military aerospace prowess can translate into a successful civilian product. The manufacturer, Sukhoi, is best known as the maker of military jets now flying over Syria. Most other Russian-made civilian jets, once a workhorse fleet of wide- and narrow-body planes, are flown only by regional airlines, and the aging planes are plagued by safety problems. More: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/business/russia-grounds-sukhoi-superjet-safety-concerns.html?_r=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted December 28, 2016 Russian SSJ100s cleared to resume flights after fault identified http://atwonline.com/safety/russian-ssj100s-cleared-resume-flights-after-fault-identified Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
