Aeroflot puts its fourth Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in operation

Aeroflot Russian Airlines puts its fourth Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft (SSJ100) in operation. The first revenue flight of the airliner, named after the famous Aeroflot pilot Khariton Tskhovrebov, will be performed soon.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 MSN 95012 (registered number RA-89004) was delivered to Aeroflot under contract with the VEB-Leasing JSC on financial lease (leasing). The delivered aircraft is designed to carry 87 passengers in a comfortable two-class layout (12 – business class and 75 – in economy class).

Aeroflot ordered 30 SSJ100 aircraft in total.

“We are pleased that the Aeroflot’s network served by the SSJ100 is expanded. We will do our best to make sure that the growing fleet of SSJ100 meets the expectations of the airline”, noted Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.

Aeroflot currently operates four SSJ100 aircraft serving routes from Moscow to ten Russian cities as well as to Minsk, Budapest and Oslo