OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2011. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) of Armavia scored 1,000 flight hours in revenue flights. The milestone was reached during the SSJ100 flight U8-151 performed on route Yerevan — Amsterdam on October 9 2011.

Since entering commercial service on April 21, 2011 the SSJ100 of Armavia carried more than 21,000 passengers and covered distance more than 650,000 kilometers. SSJ100 of Armavia performs flights from Yerevan to 27 airports in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Western and South Europe and Middle East. Most flights were performed at 35000 — 39000ft altitude, at the speed of 0.78-0.8 M. The highest daily utilization reached 16.5 flight hours while the biggest distance exceeded 4,000 kilometers on route Yerevan — Madrid.

Such perfect result of the initial phase of the commercial operation of the brand new Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft was achieved due to the efficient activity of Armavia’s flight and technician staff and proper support from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and SuperJet International.

“This stage showed that the SSJ100 is competitive and has a great resource for excellence. It can make the aircraft very attractive for customers and operators”, said the owner of Armavia Mikhail Bagdasarov.

“We sincerely thank Armavia for great and efficient efforts on the entry of our first production aircraft in commercial operation. The SSJ100 confirmed to be suitable both to regional and to short-haul routes. We are very pleased that crews and passengers of Armavia like our aircraft. We believe that our fruitful relations with Armavia will be successfully strengthened and will continue to provide the airline with comprehensive support jointly with our partner company SuperJet International”, noted Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft”.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with Alenia Aeronautica. On May 19th 2008 SSJ100 successfully accomplished its first flight. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 cruises at a Maximum Operating Speed of Mach 0.81 and 40.000 feet. It takes off from a 1.731 meters runway in the basic range and 2.052 meters in the long range. The operating range for the basic version is 3.048 km and 4.578 km for the long range version. In February 2011, the SSJ100 obtained the Type Certificate by the Russian Certification Authority IAC AR. The EASA certification is expected to follow in 2011. On April 19th 2011 first production SSJ100 was delivered to Armavia airlines (Armenia). There are currently three SSJ100s in service with Armavia and Aeroflot.