Russia set to start Superjet 100 deliveries in mid-2010

MOSCOW. December 24. KAZINFORM Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company will start deliveries of its new Superjet 100 regional airliner in the middle of 2010, the Russian industry and trade minister has said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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The Superjet-100 project is a family of medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi in cooperation with U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell.

"The first commercial deliveries will start in the middle of next year. Regular flights will follow. We are hoping to start training the crews for this plane next spring," Viktor Khristenko said in an interview published in Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Thursday.

The minister said Sukhoi is currently running Superjet 100 certification tests in line with European, the U.S. and Russian standards, which would allow the plane to operate without restrictions anywhere in the world; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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