Sukhoi Superjet debuts in Japan
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The new Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft has flown to Japan for the first time.
Yakutia Airlines, which is based in Russia’s Far East, has deployed the 93-seat, two-class regional jet on two routes to the Japanese city of Niigata, operating twice a week from Vladivostok and twice a week from Khabarovsk.
“It is exciting that our customer, the largest airline in Russia’s Far East, is successfully establishing new destination routes with Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft,” said Sukhoi’s president, Andrey Kalinovsky.
“The airline recently started operations to China with our aircraft and now it is also offering flights to Japan. We wish success to Yakutia Airlines in continuing development of its route network to Asia.”
Yakutia, which is based in the Russian city of Yakutsk, also operates a fleet of two Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft to several domestic cities, plus to Chinese hubs of Beijing and Harbin.
Elsewhere in Asia, the Russian regional aircraft is operated by Lao Central Airlines and Indonesia’s Sky Aviation.
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