On March 24, 2013 Sukhoi Superjet 100 of Lao Central, the
airline based in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic successfully performed
its first domestic commercial flight from the capital of the country Vientiane
to the second largest historical and cultural city of Laos - Luangphabang.
60 passengers were checked in to the flight while the
distance between the cities was covered for about 30 minutes.
Lao Central will operate Sukhoi Superjet 100 both in
domestic and international routes from Laos
to Bangkok , Hanoi ,
Ho Chi Ming, and Singapore
and other destinations in Southeast Asia .
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Lao Central signed a
contract for delivery of three SSJ100 in March 2011 with an option for six
aircraft of this type in a 93 seats two-class configuration.
The SSJ100 is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed
and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with Alenia
Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica Company. On May 19th 2008 SSJ100 successfully
accomplished its first flight. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 cruises at a Maximum
Operating Speed of Mach 0.81 and 40,000 feet. It takes off from a 1,731 meters
runway in the basic range and 2,052 meters in the long range. The operating range
for the basic version is 3,048 km and 4,578 km for the long range version.
The Company’s shareholders are the Sukhoi Holding owing 75%
– 1 share and the Italian Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica Company, holding 25%
+ 1 share since April 7, 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to
develop new regional aircraft projects. SCAC is in charge of the aircraft
production. The company is also responsible for SSJ100 sales in Russia , the CIS, China ,
India , Middle East and Southeast Asia . Headquartered in Moscow ,
SCAC has several production branches seated in Russian cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur , Novosibirsk
and Voronezh .
Sukhoi Superjet 100 is the Company’s major project.
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