Aircraft
Next Superjet likely a stretch
The next variation of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 will almost certainly involve a stretch of the existing 95-seat baseline platform, leaving the once highly an

The next variation of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 will almost certainly involve a stretch of the existing 95-seat baseline platform, leaving the once highly anticipated 75-seat version in a state of virtual limbo. In fact, Superjet International CEO Alessandro Franzoni said that plans for a smaller version of the airplane have virtually stalled, while designers concentrate their efforts on determining the optimum configuration for a larger Superjet variant that could hold as many as 120 passengers.

“We will announce soon what we expect our final production strategy will be,” said Franzoni. “Mostly it will depend on what our customers want us to do, and while we haven’t totally abandoned plans for the 75, we don’t have a customer yet for [that model] and our focus right now is more on a stretched version than on a smaller version.