Armavia to obtain second Sukhoi Superjet in April
20.01.2012,
16:31
Armenia’s national air carrier Armavia will obtain the second Sukhoi Superjet -100 aircraft in April this year, the company’s press officer, Nana Avetisova, said to ARKA Friday.
YEREVAN, January 20. /ARKA/. Armenia’s national air carrier Armavia will obtain the second Sukhoi Superjet -100 aircraft in April this year, the company’s press officer, Nana Avetisova, said to ARKA Friday.
Russian RBC daily quoted Igor Syrtsov from Sukhoi Civil Aircrafts Company as saying that the second aircraft was to be delivered earlier but Armavia asked to postpone it until April. Syrtsov said at an airshow in Bahrain that the second SukhoI Superjet will be equipped with an improved interior, three bathrooms and four kitchens.
The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 was delivered for Armavia on April 19, 2011. The cost of the aircraft is $24 million. The short-haul passenger aircraft is designed to transport up to 98 passengers at a distance of 4,400 km.
Armavia was founded in 1996. Today it operates more than 100 flights a week to over 40 destinations in 20 countries. -0-
