Revitalizer Of The Russian Aviation – Sukhoi SuperJet 100

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In 2015, the Irish regional airline CityJet has announced the will to buy 15+10 Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft for 1 billion USD to update its fleet. Since that day the European aviation community and non-professional aviation lovers are still trying to understand how the Russian twin-engine became the loved one by the CityJet.

Some experts still cannot believe that the aircraft which is assembled in Russia can be the same quality as Boeing or Airbus, even with the fact that the SSJ100 has avionics and controls sourced from leading suppliers like Thales, Safran and Honeywell. So, let’s ask one simple question before making a decision – what do we know about the first aircraft developed in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

The story behind Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company
The end of the Soviet Union was really chaotic period for Russia’s civil aircraft design bureaus. Mikoyan, Tupolev, Ilyushin and Yakovlev were on the edge of stopping their production and there were no talks about new civil aviation projects. The lack of resources made these bureaus to focus exclusively on military projects.