Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 news

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Is Aeroflot the only airlines not complaining about the reliability of the SSJ100? Or are they for any reason compelled to buy the airline?

Probably bit of both? Like other Russian companies, it will be a lot easier for them to get replacement parts and repair information, compared to non-Russian companies (who need FATA + EASA approval for repairs). This might keep AOG-time to an acceptable level.

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United Aircraft is considering developing an enlarged version of the SSJ100, with options for dimensions are being studied: for 115, 120, 125, 130 and 140 seats in a single-class layout.

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United Aircraft will deliver 59 SSJ100s to Russian airlines in 2020, including to Aeroflot, Red Wings, Azimut, and Yakutia.

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Russia to complete the development of a new version of the SSJ100 in 2023. The aircraft modification include the substitution of some foreign components and the adoption of the PD-8 engine, costing roughly US$1.6 billion.

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Russia plans to resume export deliveries of the SSJ100s only after saturation of the domestic market, which, based on the current production schedule of 22-23 aircraft per year, will not occur until 2022.

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United Aircraft says the Russian PD-8 engine for the SSJ100 and the BE200 may be ready in 2022 and the work to mount it on the aircraft is scheduled to begin in 2023.