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Sergey Lysenko commercial aviation | event Grigory ARONOV FIRST SUKHOI SUPERJET LAUNCHES OPERATIONS The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner was delivered in a ceremony at Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport to Armenian air carrier Armavia on 19 April 2011. The lead production airliner (c/n 95007) was named after the Earth’s first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and given registration number EK95015. The aircraft has a single-class configuration for 98 seats. A day after having been ferried to the operator’s airport, the new airliner commenced regular services. Russia’s Aeroflot is to start flying its Superjets this summer, too. “The delivery of the first production plane is a landmark in the implementation of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 programme”, said UAC President and Sukhoi Director General Mikhail Pogosyan during the ceremony in Yerevan. “Today’s event marks a new phase of the programme – the beginning of the commercial operation and fullrate production. I am certain that the new Russian airliner will prove itself as part of the aircraft fleet of the Armavia airline and that our colleagues in Superjet International will provide comprehensive support to Armenia’s flag carrier at the SSJ100’s ser- 42 take-off june 2011 vice entry stage and provide quality timely aftersales support”. The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company (SCAC) and Armavia airline signed the contract for Russian-built airliners SSJ100/95B on 14 September 2007. The first production airliner (c/n 95007) designed for the Armenian customer performed its maiden flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on 4 November 2010, and its technical acceptance demonstration took place here on 12 April this year following the completion of the tests and presales preparation. Just a day after the delivery ceremony at Zvartnots, the SSJ100 went on its first passenger flight, having brought 90 passengers from Yerevan to Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow early in the morning on 21 April. The aircraft had logged 24 flights from Yerevan to Moscow, Athens, Donetsk, Aleppo (Syria), Tehran, Tel Aviv and Simferopol in only first 10 days in service, and scheduled Superjet services from Yerevan to Venice kicked off on 1 May. At the initial stage of operation, Armavia pilots supported by Superjet International instructor-pilots Leonid Chikunov and Sergey Korostiyev. “The plane is excellent in terms of operation. Flights are conducted without signifi- cant delays. All flights take place in automatic mode at an altitude of 10,700–11,900 m and a speed of Mach 0.78–0.8”, the Superjet’s pilot Aram Yegoyan said upon arrival to Venice. “The SSJ100 has excellent flight-deck ergonomics and handling qualities. It is easy and comfortable to fly an aircraft”. The first two production Superjets for Armavia and Aeroflot being preparing for delivery, April 2011 www.take-off.ru
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