The United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC) plans to employ Sukhoi Corporation to start production of a new series of medium range jets. This corporation will work under the supervision of Tupolev, the Russia’s flagship producer.
GADLING reports that the plan is to directly compete with medium range aircraft — those like Bombardier’s CRJ’s or Embraer’s E-Jets — but mostly in the Russian market.
Under a new commercial wing of The United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC), however, things are starting to turn around. UABC, Russia’s new manufacturing congolmerate (which will soon run Tupolev as well) is now employing Sukhoi Corporation to start production of a new series of medium range jets. The first, dubbed the Sukhoi Superjet 100′s, are already well underway. First test flights were just complete this week and the company has an aggressive production schedule that includes initial deliveries later this year.
According to Topix, Russia aims to secure at least 10 percent of the world airliner market with new passenger jets and to take third place among aircraft – producing countries by 2015-2018.
Sukhoi hopes the development dollars and civil technology of its outside suppliers will attract Western airlines who may otherwise be reticent about buying Russian. It is also under-cutting rivals with a price of $28 million per plane.
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is quoted commenting on the importance of these new aircrafts.
“The Superjet is more than a plane, it is a priority project,” Ivanov said.
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