Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Russia hopes to sell 60 Superjet-100 airliners in 2010

Russia hopes to sell 60 Superjet-100 airliners in 2010 (NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW - November 25, 2008: Russia's United Aircraft Corporation plans to sell 60 new Superjet-100 medium-haul airliners in 2010 and 70 more in 2012, the government said in a program published on Tuesday. "As the serial production of the Superjet-100 is to start, we expect 60 aircraft to be supplied to customers in 2010 and 70 in 2012," the program for the development of the aircraft industry until 2012 said. The Superjet-100 project is a family of medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by a leading Russian manufacturer, Sukhoi, in cooperation with U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell. Sukhoi said earlier there were at least 100 firm orders for the aircraft, which are due to complete certification flights in the second half of 2009. Sukhoi, which is part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), plans to manufacture at least 700 Superjet 100s, and intends to sell 35% of them to North America, 25% to Europe, 10% to Latin America, and 7% to Russia and China. The UAC also plans to sell a total of 20 Tu-204 medium-haul passenger airliners and their modified Tu-214 versions, and another 33 aircraft in 2012 under the program, which is designed to encourage civilian aircraft production. The UAC was established in November 2006 to help overcome a crisis in Russia's aircraft industry, and incorporates commercial and military aircraft makers including Ilyushin, Tupolev, Sukhoi, Antonov and Mikoyan, as well as companies involved in distribution, including Aviaexport.
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Russia plans to sell SuperJet-100 airliners to India (NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI - September 29, 2008: Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said Monday it had started talks with Indian firms on the delivery of SuperJet-100 passenger airliners and other civil aircraft to the country. The SuperJet-100 project is a family of medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in cooperation with major U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell. "We have started preliminary talks with a number of Indian companies on the delivery of SuperJet-100 airliners," Alexei Fyodorov, UAC's general director, said without specifying the potential customers. Sukhoi, which is part of the UAC, plans to manufacture at least 700 Superjet-100s, and intends to sell 35% of them to North America, 25% to Europe, 10% to Latin America, and 7% to Russia and China. Sukhoi earlier said it had so far secured at least 100 firm orders for the aircraft. Fyodorov, who is attending a meeting of the Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation in New Delhi, said that the Indian civil aircraft market is important for Russian manufacturers. "The Indian civil aviation market is very attractive. It is very dynamic and has a large potential," he said. The UAC is also holding talks with India on deliveries of the Be-200 amphibious plane for the country's coast guard. Russia's UAC, which is 90% state owned, incorporates aircraft building companies and state assets engaged in the manufacture, design and sale of military, non-military, transport and unmanned aircraft in a bid to streamline the Russian aviation industry. Fyodorov said UAC would open its office in India by the end of 2008. "By the end of this year we will transform the existing office of the MiG company in India into a UAC office, which will deal with the promotion of both civil and military aircraft on the Indian market," the official said.

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