UAC PRES: DELIVERY OF FIRST SUPERJET PLANES DELAYED TILL H1 2010

PRIME-TASS
18.08.2009 20:02

ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow Region, Aug 18 (PRIME-TASS) — Delivery of the first
Russian SuperJet 100 aircraft will be postponed until the first half
of 2010, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) President Alexei Fyodorov
told reporters Tuesday at the MAKS air show.

The first two SuperJet 100 planes were supposed to be delivered to
Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Armenian airline Armavia in late 2009,
according to earlier reports.

UAC controls aircraft maker Sukhoi, which is developing the SuperJet
100 aircraft.

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