RUSSIA TO SELL THE FIRST Superjet AIRPLANE TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
May 11, 2009

KOMSOMOLSK, MAY 11, ARMENPRESS: The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 civil
plane will be sold to the "Armavia" company, the head of the public
relations department of the "Sukhoi civil airplanes" company Olga
Kayukova told journalists.

According to Kayukova the Armenian company has been selected for the
clearness of the general appearance of the ordered airplane. "The
choice depends upon a number of factors. The configuration is
decided by the client. How simple the configuration is, the easier
the constructed plane will be", – she added.

The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane was presented to the public
26 September 2007 in the Komsomolsk plant. Here on 19 May 2008 it
successfully made its first flight.

All the planes of Sukhoi Superjet 100 family correspond to the world
tendencies of construction of ecologically clean planes, juxtapose the
practical flexibility of regional planes with opportunities of highway
airplanes and have improved technical and practical characteristics
which make the Superjet 100 compatible for the global market.