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Superjet gets hit again

It has not been a good year for Superjet. First, it was the news from Mexico, where Interjet is having challenges with the SSJ. Then Adria canceled its Superjet order, after signing for the aircraft only a few months earlier. Even an easy customer, Iran, has seen...

AirInsight publishes MC-21 Report

AirInsight has published its latest aircraft program analysis, this one covers the IRKUT MC-21 program. Several months in development, the 51-page report covers the two models proposed by IRKUT. These models are compared against their competitors. We also provide a...

Interjet and Sukhoi – Update

[Updated update] FlightGlobal now reports that indeed some SSJs are being phased out at Interjet. We just received a document from UAC regarding the earlier news about Interjet disposing of its SSJ fleet. We reported this news. Now it seems the Interjet news was not...

Mixed news for Superjet and Sukhoi

[UPDATED] The SSJ program is taking a hit as their launch western customer has decided to sell its fleet of 22 SSJs. This is a body blow to the program. At the recent Farnborough show, when Air Nostrum and CityJet announced their joint venture, they made it clear...

Interjet and Sukhoi – lessons for UAC and the MC-21

Aug 9, 2018 | Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

There is a fascinating story out today about Mexico's Interjet and their aircraft vendor. The near $40m in...

Trouble down south?

May 17, 2018 | Embraer, Interjet, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

Please start with this story. This is rather alarming news. We did a quick search on FlightRadar24 to see what might...

Iran and the SSJ – an ongoing courtship

Feb 12, 2018 | Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet, UAC

The Russian side has been the more vocal; frequently advising the world that an SSJ order from Iran is imminent. ...

Iran helicopter moves

Mar 29, 2017 | Russian Helicopters, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet, UAC

Russia's Rostec announced that Russian Helicopters is part of a deal between Rostec and Industrial Development and...

Premium #314 – US regional fleet options with 2016 scope in force

Feb 7, 2017 | Bombardier, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, premium, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

The influence of the US scope clause on the regional jet OEMs is significant. The following chart illustrates how the...

Into the next cycle: Commercial Aerospace 2030

Jan 31, 2017 | Aerospace, Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet, UAC

AIR (AirInsightResearch) released its new forecast of the commercial aviation market to 2030. This analysis consists...

Interjet resumes Sukhoi Superjet 100 operations

Jan 9, 2017 | Interjet, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

Sukhoi civil Aircraft produced this PR today: Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCA) has completed repair work on six (of 11)...

When you don’t have a towbar…

Dec 28, 2016 | Cityjet, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

In August CityJet flew an SSJ into Bodø Airport, Norway. Which would be normal, you'd think. Except Bodø had no...

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Fleet Inspection Completed

Dec 27, 2016 | Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

Superjet provided the following message today: "Moscow, 27 December 2016 - JSC “Sukhoi Civil...

Regional jets take a hit

Dec 26, 2016 | Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

The regional jet business is in many ways a more difficult market to trade in. Whereas among the big jets you have a...

The regional jet business and the impact of US scope clauses

Dec 22, 2016 | Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet

The US scope clauses are seen by many as a market aberration. After all, commercial logic demands that new...

Premium #308: Looking Ahead to 2017

Dec 20, 2016 | Airbus, ATR, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, Business Jets, Cessna, COMAC, Daher Socata, Embraer, Gulfstream, Hondajet, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pilatus, Piper, premium, Sukhoi Aerospace, Superjet, UAC

As we approach the end of the year, it is time to look ahead to the new year, and what we will likely see next year. ...

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