ARMAVIA TO GET TWO SUKHOI SUPERJET 100 IN 2010 JANUARY
ARKA
Sep 29, 2009
YEREVAN, September 29, /ARKA/. The owner of Armenia’s national air
carrier Armavia Mikhail Baghdasarov said Monday the company’s two
Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional aircrafts will arrive in Yerevan in
2010 January.
Speaking at the Monday presentation of a new CRJ-200 Bombardier
aircraft obtained by the company, he said Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircrafts
had been tested successfully in Armenia lately and will arrive no
later than in January 2010.
Armavia is the first company to receive Superjet 100, which was
designed to replace ageing Tupolev-134 and Yakovlev-42 planes on routes
between Russia’s regional cities. The Superjet is a joint creation
of Russian United Aviation Corporation (UAC) and U.S. plane maker
Boeing. It was developed with Italy’s Finmeccanica and can carry
75-95 passengers.
The aircraft made its maiden flight, initially planned for 2007,
in May 2008 and its first public flight in June this year. It can
travel as long as 4,400 km.Armavia" Air Company LLC is the national
air carrier of Armenia.
The company was founded in 1996.
The carrier is based in Zvartnots Airport, Yerevan. Armavia is a
member of the International Association of Air Transport (IATA). It
operates about 250 flights a month in 30 directions to former Soviet
republics, Middle East and Europe. In 2008 it flew 647,000 people. Its
fleet comprises Ð~P-319 (3), Ð~P-320 (2), Boeing 737-300, CRJ-200
and ТУ-134 aircrafts.