Aircraft
VLM Delays Superjet Deliveries
Opts to wait for EASA certification of long-range version
Investigators still have not released the preliminary report on the crash of the third Superjet prototype on May 9 in Indonesia.
Investigators still have not released the preliminary report on the crash of the third Superjet prototype on May 9 in Indonesia.

Belgium-based regional airline VLM has delayed delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 by more than a year to allow the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) time to certify additional aircraft features, Sukhoi said in a statement released Monday. Following consultations among VLM, lessor Ilyushin Finance Company (IFC) and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC), the parties settled on a third-quarter 2016 first delivery to allow Sukhoi to “expand [the SSJ100’s] capabilities.”