Aeroflot Launches International Superjet Flights

Posted 07/12/2011

Aeroflot Russian Airlines has operated its first international scheduled flight with its Sukhoi SSJ-100 Superjet regional aircraft.  The Russian flag carrier and SkyTeam alliance member has introduced the type on its route between Moscow and the Norwegian capital Oslo on December 4 and has subsequently also introduced the aircraft on flights to Budapest. 

“The fact that the SSJ100 started to serve international routes of Aeroflot reflects the confidence of the airline in the reliability of our aircraft,” said Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of aircraft designer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.  “We believe that the SSJ100 aircraft will efficiently serve both international and domestic routes of Aeroflot and will do our best to make sure that the growing fleet of SSJ100 meets the expectations of the airline.”

Aeroflot currently operates three SSJ100 aircraft on routes from Moscow to St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Astrakhan, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Anapa, Perm and Minsk.  Armenian national carrier Armavia is the only other operator of the SSJ100 and it has been using its aircraft to connect Yerevan with destinations across Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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