OREANDA-NEWS. The tenth Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in the extended configuration was transferred to Aeroflot on June 26, 2014. Thus, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) has completed the process of replacing the “Light” configuration aircraft with the “Full” version in the fleet of this airline.

SCAC will continue to supply Sukhoi Superjet 100 as part of the signed delivery contract for 30 aircraft of this type. It is expected that 8 more SSJ100 aircraft will be delivered to Aeroflot by the end of 2014.

SSJ100 with the tail number RA-89027, transferred to Aeroflot, is named in honor of the hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Pilot of the USSR, participant of World War II - Vasiliy Borisov.

Presently, Aeroflot is the largest operator of Sukhoi Superjet 100. Since the beginning of operation by the airline, ten aircraft of this type have performed more than 20 000 commercial flights with the total duration of more than 30 000 flight hours.

Currently, the airline carries out flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to several dozen of directions, to the cities in Russia, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus. SSJ100 is delivered to the Airline in 87 seats arrangement: 12 business and 75 economy class.

Today the Light version aircraft, previously removed from Aeroflot fleet, have been successfully operated by other Russian airlines. They perform both regular and charter flights on routes to the cities in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Montenegro, Turkey, Kazakhstan and also the Middle East.