Aircraft
Avialeasing firms order for 24 Superjets
Russian aircraft lessor Avialeasing yesterday converted a letter of intent for 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional airliners signed at last July’s Farnborough

Russian aircraft lessor Avialeasing yesterday converted a letter of intent for 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional airliners signed at last July’s Farnborough airshow into a firm order valued at $715 million. Scheduled for delivery between 2011 and 2013, the airplanes are destined for Avialeasing customer airlines.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft president Victor Soubbotin and Avialeasing vice president Victor Novikov, vice president of Avialeasing, sealed the Superjet deal with champagne at Sukhoi’s Paris Air Show chalet yesterday morning. Avialeasing still holds a letter of intent for options covering another 16 Superjet 100s.