Air Transport Gazpromavia SuperJet aircraft crashes after taking off near Moscow A Gazpromavia Sukhoi SuperJet 100 regional jet crashed on the afternoon of July 12 after taking off from… Ricardo MeierJuly 12, 2024 Read More
Air Transport “Russified” SJ-100 regional jet begins certification flight tests United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) revealed that the first certification flight of the SuperJet-100 (SJ-100) commercial aircraft took place… Ricardo MeierJune 13, 2024 Read More
Air Transport Russian regional jet former SSJ-NEW will be called SJ-100 Russia held a grand ceremony this week to mark the rebranding of commercial aircraft maker Irkut as “Yakovlev”,… Ricardo MeierJuly 28, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Not so Russian: Irkut SSJ-NEW jetliner will first fly with French design engine The SSJ-NEW, an all-Russian version of the SSJ100 regional jet, won’t be all that Russian. At least the… Ricardo MeierJune 7, 2023 Read More
Air Transport Russian carrier shuts down most of its Superjets due to lack of Western parts Yakutia Airlines, a Russian carrier based in Yaktusk, in the country’s far east, recently had to cannibalize two… Ricardo MeierNovember 15, 2022 Read More
Air Transport Russian airline asks for subsidies to continue flying Sukhoi Superjet Ten years after entering service, the Sukhoi Superjet regional jet continues to cause headaches for its operators. Even… Ricardo MeierJune 4, 2021 Read More
Air Transport SuperJet 100 expected to get “Russian” version in 2023 Russian Defense Minister Yuri Borisov revealed to TASS that a new version of the SSJ 100 (SuperJet) regional… Ricardo MeierSeptember 17, 2020 Read More
Air Transport COMAC and Irkut may establish partnership with Embraer Planemakers COMAC (China) and Irkut (Russia) would be talking to Embraer in a possible cooperation in the segment… Ricardo MeierJune 1, 2020 Read More
Air Transport Russian government to purchase 100 Superjet 100 aircraft for Aeroflot The Russian government is studying a way to boost production of the Superjet 100 commercial jet, whose image… Ricardo MeierNovember 5, 2019 Read More
Air Transport Almost all SSJ100s from Interjet are on the ground One of the rare clients of the Russian regional jet SSJ100 (SuperJet), the Mexican airline Interjet has tried… Ricardo MeierMarch 29, 2019 Read More