Aircraft
Superjet with “Sabrelets” Makes MAKS Show Debut
An SSJ100 Superjet shows the way to improved efficiency for the Sukhoi-designed airliner.
Making an appearance for the first time at MAKS 2019, a Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 equipped with "sabrelet" winglets, which improve fuel efficiency by 3 to 4 percent. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
Making an appearance for the first time at MAKS 2019, a Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 equipped with "sabrelet" winglets, which improve fuel efficiency by 3 to 4 percent. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) flew an SSJ100 Superjet outfitted with the extended "sabrelet" wing tips during the opening day of the MAKS 2019 airshow in Russia on August 27. The new version of the baseline design began its flight-test program on December 21, 2017, when the manufacturer flew number 97006 (formerly 95032). Later, a second airframe, 97012—the one featured at the 14th MAKS event—joined in. According to SCAC, sabrelets improve fuel efficiency by 3 to 4 percent.