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RT: Europe gets its first modern Russian-made airliners
United Aircraft Corporation says the first Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) plane has been delivered to its inaugural European customer Irish airline CityJet. Under the $1 billion contract, CityJet will lease 15 SSJ100 airplanes with an option for an additional 16 aircraft. The Irish airline will receive three aircraft in 2016, and the rest from 2017 onwards. |
Well they are correct in that they are the first "modern" Russian aircraft.
I have to say given these aircraft's rather unfortunate history it has put me right off flying CityJet. Sukhoi are only delivering 2 airframes a quarter so it's not exactly a jet they can afford to fund huge amounts of R&D for. Nor does it seem a jet that airlines want to buy. I wonder what sort of deal CityJet got? It should be noted that RT is part of the Kremlin's propaganda machine and is not normally reliable. |
Originally Posted by Worcester
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I have to say given these aircraft's rather unfortunate history it has put me right off flying CityJet.
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Originally Posted by Worcester
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It should be noted that RT is part of the Kremlin's propaganda machine and is not normally reliable.
And with over 100 aircraft built in 5 1/2 years, a new Superjet rolls out every 3 weeks or so. It's rather more alarming that of the 104 built aircrafts only 71 seem to be in active service. I'm curious why the other aircrafts don't fly as well. If they are grounded for technical reasons, that wouldn't bode well with the Superjet program. As for Cityjet: They are now somewhat stuck with the Superjet until the aircraft gets the approval to fly in and out of LCY. |
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