OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2011. Aeroflot’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet has accumulated 1,000 commercial flights. The jubilee flight SU824 was performed by the aircraft named after Mikhail Vodopyanov (RA 89003, MSN 95008) on route St Petersburg – Moscow on November 23, 2011. The SSJ100 fleet of Aeroflot scored nearly 1,600 flight hours, reported the press-centre of UAC.

“The one - thousandth commercial flight performed by Aeroflot’s SSJ100 fleet confirms the superior operational performance of our aircraft. We see that the SSJ100 is becoming an excellent tool for development of the Aeroflot’s regional network. We will do our best to make sure that the growing fleet of SSJ100 meets the expectations of the airline”, noted Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft”.

At present, Aeroflot operates three SSJ100 aircraft which are operated on routes from Moscow to St Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Astrakhan, Chelyabinsk, Kazan and Minsk. These aircraft will also start to serve international routes of the airline this year. Aeroflot’s operations confirm that the aircraft is able to serve regional routes efficiently with high frequency of departure.