Press Release

Issued by PJSC Irkut Corporation, Regional Aircraft.

July 12, 2016

JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) has announced the company's plans to open its first overseas client liaison office. The Beijing office is the first step taken to implement the business strategy focused on the brand's global marketing and the setting up of corporate offices in other key markets.

The Beijing office, scheduled to be opened by the end of 2016, will specialize in the marketing, promotion and certification and arrangement of financial support of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, Sukhoi BusinessJet and SportJet by Sukhoi aircraft sales.

Objectives set for the liaison office will also include the creation of a maintenance depot, as well as projects related to industrial cooperation with Chinese companies.

The client liaison office will be building up relationships with local leasing air companies and carriers.

SCAC's first overseas office will be headed by Mr Lee Li who has more than 15 years of professional experience in the aviation industry and has held executive positions in such companies as Embraer, General Electric Aircraft Engine and Sparkle Roll Aviation Group. The Chinese office will report to SCAC's headquarters in Moscow.

The launch of SCAC's first overseas office is the first step taken to implement the brand's global marketing strategy. In the years to come SCAC plans to open a number of new client liaison offices in other key markets.

Ilya Tarasenko, president of JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft said: “We're opening our corporate office in China as a part of SCAC's commercial strategy, in particular aimed at international key markets. China is a highly promising commercial aviation market and its potential grows year by year. Today Sukhoi Superjet can lay claims to becoming one of the most sought-after regional jets in China”.