The Russian Ministry for Industry and Trade has said it has renewed discussions with the Serbian government over the potential acquisition of eight Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft for Air Serbia at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) last week. The Russian Minister for Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, attended the meeting between Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov and the Serbian Minister without a portfolio, in charge of innovations and technological development, Nenad Popović. "During the meeting, the parties also discussed the deal being worked out on the acquisition of the Superjet aircraft by the Serbian side", the Russian ministry said in a statement. As EX-YU Aviation News learns, Air Serbia has shown little interest in the aircraft, which is why talks have been elevated to an inter-governmental level.
Sukhoi first approached and pitched the SSJ100 to the Serbian carrier in late 2015. In 2017, the plane manufacturer reiterated it was negotiating with Air Serbia over a potential aircraft order. In December 2019, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said his country’s aviation sector was prepared to assist in the renewal of Air Serbia’s fleet. That same month, Serbian aircraft maintenance specialist Jat Tehnika become Europe’s first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisation to win approval for the line and base maintenance of the SSJ100 jet. The company secured EASA Part 145 approval for the type, which covers its Belgrade base and its line stations at other airports.
The Sukhoi Superjet has the capacity to seat between 87 and 108 passengers, depending on cabin layout and seat configuration. The Russian manufacturer is planning a new generation of the regional jet with extended capacity, new wings and new engines, which is expected to appear after 2025. Air Serbia itself has not commented on the Russian government’s comments over its interest in acquiring the aircraft. The Serbian carrier added two Airbus A319 jets to its fleet last year but returned one A320 and one ATR72 to the lessor. It also shelved plans to lease additional ATR72s last year with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and retired three Boeing 737s from its fleet.
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When Serbian government tried to pressure Putin to allow Fiat to export vehicles to Russia tax-free, he rejected the idea. Hopefully the outcome with these planes is the same.
SSJ NG could be a hit with airlines if the Russians can learn from their mistakes. Focus everything on being made inhouse or at least in Russia and you will be fine.
So no trolling please.
Also you don't think the EU is pushing through politics to sell Airbus?
SSJ performed thousands of flights in Europe, Asia and Americas.
1. Does SU keep two Superjets to have one in service? Is half of their SSJ fleet always grounded?
2. What would make a bigger impression on an average passenger on JU's regional flights - a decades old ATR or a brand new SSJ?
This article (https // theins.ru/news/155227) says out of SU's fleet of 30-40 SSJs, only 10 flew regularly.
2. You know what makes poor impression? That you are delayed for hours every day due to tech problems. Even more so, if you operate to EU, where EU261 applies and you get severely penalized for operating unreliable aircraft.
That's how you do business - you take a risk.
MC-21 is in final stages too, have a look at that one too. play one mfct against other.
This Azimuth has an only Superjet fleet and has an ever increasing network from those two cities .
Air Serbia could also get good feed by them for example to Yerevan.
Safety isn't the problem with this plane but over all part availability is.The cause of crash in 2019 was due to pilot error caused by poor training standards in Aeroflot.They didn't teach pilots how to fly a plane in direct law.Some their pilots on Airbus also have a problems since their simulator training was rushed to reduce cost.