OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow, January 30. In the first half of this year Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company will replace all Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in its “light” specification to “full” in Aeroflot, and will continue to deliver SSJ100 following the contract on 30 aircraft of this type between the companies.

To date, the airline has already obtained six SSJ100 aircraft in “full” specification. In accordance with the contract, Aeroflot gives back to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) the aircraft in “light” specification previously operated by the airline. This aircraft is being delivered to other airlines which expressed their interest in acquiring of SSJ100 aircraft took out of Aeroflot service.

On 29 and 30 January 2014 the fifth and sixth Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in “full” specification took off from Zhukovsky Airfield where the SCAC Delivery Center is located to the Sheremetyevo International Airport - the base airport of Aeroflot. The aircraft was given RA-89023 (manufacturer No 95041) and RA-89032 (manufacturer No 95043) tail numbers.

Earlier, on December 31, 2013 Aeroflot received fourth SSJ100 aircraft with tail number RA-89022 (manufacturer No 95039) in its enhanced configuration. The aircraft was put into commercial operations in the beginning of January this year.

At the moment the number of flight hours since the entry into service in Aeroflot, the largest operator of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, has totaled more than 27,000 for more than 18,000 commercial flights.

The airline operates flights by the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft on routes to destinations in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus. SSJ100 is being delivered to the airline in 87 seat-configuration and can cover a distance of up to 3048 km.