Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) will sell 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to an Indian private company, marking Sukhoi’s foray into India’s commercial aircraft market. SCAC President Vladimir S. Prisyazhnyuk says a preliminary agreement was signed last year with India’s Aviotech Pvt. Ltd. for the sale of 10 aircraft. The Superjet 100, a joint venture of Sukhoi and Alenia Aeronautica Co., has an orderbook of 170 aircraft and expects to get new orders from India.
Air India has decided to delay by about two years the delivery of three Boeing 777s on order. The aircraft had been slated for delivery by the end of 2013. “We have rescheduled the delivery of three Boeing 777 aircraft ... The delivery has been postponed so that capacity induction is in line with our requirements,” Air India spokesman K. Swaminathan told Aviation Week yesterday. Swaminathan denied that the 777 delivery delay is due to the ongoing financial crisis at the airline.
