Aircraft
Aeroflot’s Support Boosts Outlook for Superjet
Talking with Sukhoi about taking airplanes originally built for UTAir
Aeroflot has become the Sukhoi Superjet's biggest benefactor.
Aeroflot has become the Sukhoi Superjet's biggest benefactor.

Aeroflot will likely take some of the Sukhoi Superjet regional jets built under a 24-unit order from fellow Russian carrier UTair, after the latter ditched its earlier fleet renewal plans due to financial troubles. Aeroflot signed a preliminary agreement covering 20 Superjets last month as a sign of its readiness to enlarge its combined order for the type to 50. Six Superjets still carry the UTair livery while they await a new customer at the manufacturer’s base in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.


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