First SSJ100 Lao Central livery completed The painting of the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) for Lao Central Airlines has been completed in Ulianovsk, Russia. The aircraft will be the first to be delivered to Lao Central, the second customer for the SSJ100 in Southeast Asia after Sky Aviation. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) and the Indonesian carrier signed an act of delivery and acceptance for the first SSJ100 in December 2012. Lao Central has ordered three SSJ100s, with six options, in a 93-seat, two-class configuration. The airline will fly the aircraft on both domestic and international routes.
Fene tudja, a Tu-334 is jó kis gép, aztán abból sem lett világsiker, meg a Tu-204 is milyen stabil kis gép (jó, most éppen voltak gikszerek, de amúgy...).
A BERIJEV BE-30-as típusú gép miért nem terjedt el anno a SzU-ban?
Mennyit gyártottak belőle?
Mennyi ideig üzemeltek?
Volt köze a LET-410-es SzU-ba történő tömeges és több évtizedes exportjának ahhoz, hogy a közel azonos kategóriájú Berijev Be-30-ról alig vagy semmit se hallottunk?
Na, itt a várva-várt export piaci áttörés az AN-148-asnak! :-)
North Korean flag-carrier Air Koryo appears set to become a new operator of the Antonov An-148twinjet.
Air Koryo is to take delivery of the aircraft in 2013, according to Juche Travel Services which works closely with the airline to offer aviation tours of the Asian state.
It says it will be including the "still quite rare" An-148 on its tours over the course of the year.
"This aircraft will supplement the current Air Koryo fleet and all other aircraft will remain in service," it adds. "The An-148 is expected to be used mainly for charter tours from various Chinese cities to [North Korea]."
Images of the aircraft, painted in full Air Koryo livery, identify the jet as an An-148-100B, registered P-671.
Superjet International partner Alenia Aermacchi is doubtful that the Sukhoi Superjet marketing company will conclude a deal for the type with Italian airline Blue Panorama.
The two sides signed a memorandum of understanding to take up to 12 of the Russian-built regional jets at the 2011 Paris air show. However, Blue Panorama has filed for Italy's equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Speaking at an event in Istres, France, Alenia Aermacchi chief executive Giuseppe Giordo said that negotiations to firm the agreement were halted earlier in the year when Blue Panorama appeared to be on the verge of a merger with Alitalia.
Although this deal later collapsed, Giordo says its talks with Blue Panorama have still not resumed. "It is not in the best of financial situations so we are no longer discussing moving from a [memorandum] to a solid order," says Giordo.
Superjet International is completing the initial aircraft for the type's first western customer, Mexico'sInterjet, at its Venice facility. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2013 and Giordo believes the handover will mark a key moment for the programme.
"Once it starts operating in a country outside of Russia [and the CIS] it will show that the aircraft is reliable and can be successful in a western country," he says.
Sukhoi has just delivered the first Superjet to Russian carrier Yakutia, the third operator of the type behind Armavia and Aeroflot.
Az SSJ-nek rendben van az indonéziai reputációja is (ami azért szép teljesítmény az év eleji odacsapás után, valószínűleg teljesen bebizonyosodott az emberi hiba), de még 100 megrendelés kellene, hogy egyenesbe jöjjön a gyár:
Amennyire én az információ-foszlányokból össze tudom rakni, nem a baleset ártott az SSJ-nek, hanem azzal van a baj, hogy csak túl olcsón tudják a repülőt eladni. Olyan olcsón, hogy nem térülnek meg a gyártási költségek. Így azonban minél többet gyártanak belőle, annál nagyobb lesz a veszteség.
Az SSJ-nek rendben van az indonéziai reputációja is (ami azért szép teljesítmény az év eleji odacsapás után, valószínűleg teljesen bebizonyosodott az emberi hiba), de még 100 megrendelés kellene, hogy egyenesbe jöjjön a gyár:
Sukhoi's civil aircraft division is confident it can borrow enough money - and rely on enough help from Moscow - to keep alive Russia's dream of breaking into the world market for regional jets, despite an alarming auditor's report that might cast "significant doubt" over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
In the six months to end-June, the airframer behind the Superjet 100 programme made an operating loss of $45 million. This loss reflected an $8.4 million impairment on several early-configuration Superjet 100s delivered on lease to Aeroflot, which will be returned to Sukhoi for resale. And, heavy interest expenses pushed the net loss to $100 million, six times the previous year's figure of $17 million.
During the first nine months of this year, Sukhoi sold only nine Superjets, up from three in the period a year ago.
Independent auditor KPMG points out the company's current liabilities exceed its current assets by more than $710 million, and says this situation indicates a "material uncertainty" that might cast "significant doubt" over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Sukhoi says this imbalance arose mainly through the reclassification, on the balance sheet, of certain debts as current liabilities.
It says that, at the balance sheet date, it was "in breach" of certain financial covenants relating to long-term borrowing facilities from banks including the EBRD, West LB and VTB. However, it says it has obtained a waiver from the EBRD for 2012 and "is negotiating" a waiver for 2013, which it expects to receive before the end of this year.
Sukhoi adds that it expects to cover the "liquidity gap" with a long-term loan from Russian bank VEB amounting to $1 billion. It adds that it believes financial support from the Russian federal government, as well as the company's other resources, will be "sufficient" to meet obligations as they become due.
The financial blow comes only a week after the Superjet programme got a welcome lift with Indonesia's decision to validate its type certificate following an investigation into the May 2012 demonstration flight crash south of Jakarta, which killed all 45 people on board. Indonesian authorities discovered the prototype aircraft had been cleared to descend below the safe altitude for the region.
That move clears the way for local carriers Kartika and Sky Aviation to take delivery of the 42 Superjets they have on order.
Production, however, is sluggish. Since the aircraft entered service in 2011, Sukhoi has delivered 11 Superjet 100s. The order book stands at about 180 aircraft.
A benti gépem lerohadt és volt rajta egy orosz oldal a kedvencek között amelyen sok
Land-Lease cikk volt, a jobb oldali oszlopban pedig sok visszaemlékezés II. vil. háborús és különösen jó (Afganisztánt megjárt Mig-21-es pilóta) 10-11 részes visszaemlékezése.
Sajnos nem írtam fel az oldal címét és hónapok óta keresem ahol tudom.
( memoárok is vannak ott. Lavrennyikovról is cikkek.9
Ha esetleg megvan neked, vagy valami linked lenne megköszönném4
Indonesian authorities have approved the Sukhoi Superjet 100 for commercial operations, validating the type certificate for the Russian-built twinjet.
The validation on 22 November comes seven months after a fatal accident south of Jakarta involving a prototype Superjet as it performed a demonstration flight for Indonesian operators in May.
Approval by the Indonesian directorate general of civil aviation indicates that the authorities are reassured over the technical reliability and design of the aircraft.
It enables the Superjet to be exported to Indonesian carriers - such as initial customer Sky Aviation - and operated without restrictions.
Sukhoi civil aviation division certification chief Igor Vinogradov says the process has involved "long and careful work".
Sky Aviation's first Superjet has had its cabin fitted at the Aviastar plant in Ulyanovsk. The carrier is to take delivery of 12 Superjets, the first by the end of this year
Russia's privately-held Aviakor plant in Samara is seeking support from the government and private capital to increase production of the Antonov An-140 turboprop.
Independent forecasts assess the Russian market for 50-seat turboprops at 160-170 units, while another hundred can be sold to in special versions including ramp airlifter.
Aeroflot Group has declared a need for 25 An-140s, and PskovAvia for six, while Yakutia - which is accepting a fourth An-140 - is seeking seven more.
Russia's defence ministry operates two An-140-100s and holds firm orders for 15. Together with other governmental structures the ministry is seeking up to 110 aircraft.
While claiming the An-140 has proved its worth in operation, Aviakor admits numerous problems with streamlining manufacturing process - chiefly due to obsolescence of the plant's manufacturing equipment and ineffective supply chain - and resulting lower productivity than could be achieved over the next three to five years.
Aviakor's main goals are to increase production from four to 15 aircraft annually, reduce production cycles from 14 to seven months, and cut labour from 293,000 work-hours per airframe to 185,000.
If these targets are achieved, Aviakor promises a unit fly-away price of $14-15million, which it considers competitive with new and used ATR 42s, Bombardier Q300s and the Chinese-built Xian MA60 and MA600.
In asking the government for additional measures of support, Aviakor is promising to set-up cost-effective production of the An-140T ramp version to replace outdated An-26 airlifters, and start deliveries in 2015.
While it has a cargo hold similar to the An-26, the An-140T can carry 500kg more payload over twice the range, and accommodate 50 soldiers, 36 paratroopers or 24 occupied stretchers.
Although the type achieved certification in 2000 only 15 deliverable airframes are in service. Ukrainian carriers operate two, Iranian airlines have eight, and Russian operators five.
Russia's only commercial user, Yakutia, uses the type on services to 30 destinations including 20 with unpaved runways, with average monthly utilisation of 200h per airframe.
