Press Release

Issued by PJSC Irkut Corporation, Regional Aircraft.

June 20, 2018

On June 19, 2018 the third Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 in business configuration landed in Bangkok to join the Royal Thai Air Force fleet. The service flight from Zhukovsky to Bangkok was performed with a technical landing in Islamabad in Pakistan.

SSJ100 aircraft have been operated by the carrier since July 2016. The SSJ100 business variant delivery is being carried out as the result of the contest SCAC won in 2014. The aircraft are being used for government and high command transportation both within the country and abroad.

The aircraft delivered to the Royal Thai Air Force became the first business variant SSJ100s to be acquired by a foreign customer. Other operators of the version are: RusJet, special purpose flight detachment 'Rossiya' of the the Facilities and Property Management Office under President of Russian Federation, the Emercom flight detachment, Kazakhmys Corporation and others. Currently there are 10 business-configured SSJ100s already in operation all over the world.

The project progress is in full swing and the aircraft is being improved continuously: it is planned to implement separate technical decisions in accordance with the requirements of the customers, such as integral airstairs, satellite communications, multimedia systems and other options. The further aim to be achieved is the nonstop flight over a distance of more than 7,000 km.