Aug 24, 2008

Sukhoi Superjet 100

Russian Aviation giant Sukhoi has launched new regional jet to the market Sukhoi Superjet 100 Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) is between 53 seats RRJ-60 (two class configuration) and 98 seats RRJ-100 (one configuration) with the range around 1600-2400NM enough for both regional and short range flight.

The biggest asset is its price. The catalogue price of $27.8 Million, around 20% cheaper than relative regional jets such as Embraer E-jets series or CRJ (I believe Bombardier C-Series no longer regional jet). The only problem (or rather problems) should be the maintenance network, operating difficulty (as new airplane) and very much to do with politics regarding to Russia especially in Europe. In any case, we welcome this brand new regional jet.

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