abass80 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Armenian Carrier To Buy Untested Russian Aircraft Friday 14, September 2007 www.armenialiberty.org By Shakeh Avoyan Armenia’s national airline, Armavia, signed on Friday a multimillion-dollar agreement to buy four newly designed Russian airplanes that have yet to be fully tested and certified by aviation authorities. Under the agreement signed in Yerevan by Armavia and the Russian aviation group Sukhoi, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft will be delivered to the private carrier over the next five years. The first two deliveries are due to take place late 2008 and early 2009. Officials present at the signing ceremony said Armavia will borrow at least $100 million from a Russian commercial bank to pay for the new passenger jets. The airline, owned by Russian-Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov, has steadily expanded its fleet of aircraft in the past few years to keep up with growing demand in air travel to and from Armenia. Sukhoi, which is managed by another Russian citizen of Armenian descent, Mikhail Poghosian, has been better known for its military aircraft widely used by the air forces of Russia and many other states, including Armenia. The launch of the Sukhoi Superjet project in 2001 marked its entry into the civil aviation sector. The state-owned Russian firm set up a consortium with two Italian companies last June to embark on the mass manufacturing and sales of its first-ever civilian aircraft. Norayr Beloyan, the Armavia executive director, said his company, which has until now mainly relied on European-made Airbus jets, opted for Sukhoi Superjet 100s despite the fact that have not been tested in the air yet. “We just saw that this aircraft very good,” Beloyan told RFE/RL. “Having looked at all of its parameters, we concluded that this is the kind of aircraft we need.” Baghdasarov and Poghosian signed the purchase agreement in the presence of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian and Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin, who presided over a regular meeting of a Russian-Armenian inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation. Sarkisian hailed the deal as a further indication of growing economic ties between the two countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Armenia needs few of those: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvynLgMEn8I...ted&search= not only because of her geography, but because very soon air commercial transportation would be the most important cost efficient and reliable transportation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abass80 Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 (edited) great airplane but i don't think that that can land in zvartnots! Edited September 17, 2007 by abass80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 this is sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abass80 Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 "A jet so huge that the Wright brothers first flight could have taken place in the cargo bay" i must get one of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindtrap Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 The sheer size of it is incredible however I wish they were tested before any were put into public use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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