Dispute between Sukhoi and Armavia Keeps Superjets Grounded
Armavia’s first Sukhoi SSJ100 accumulated 1,800 hours in revenue service before its last visit to Zhukovsky for maintenance.
Armavia’s first Sukhoi SSJ100 accumulated 1,800 hours in revenue service before its last visit to Zhukovsky for maintenance.

Armavia’s first Superjet SSJ100 sat idle at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s maintenance and training center at the Ramenskoye Aerodrome in Zhukovsky near Moscow last month, as the manufacturer and the Armenian flag carrier remained locked in a financial dispute. A second SSJ100 originally scheduled for delivery to Armavia in June also remained in Zhukovsky, leaving Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) in the unwelcome position of storage facilitator while it urged the airline to settle arrangements to resume operation of at least the original airplane.

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