Russia will start deliveries of its Superjet 100 aircraft by the end of 2010, Deputy Transportation Minister Valery Okulov said Tuesday, just a week after the deadline was pushed to the second half of this year.
“The first planes should arrive at the end of 2010,” Okulov said in comments on state television without elaborating. The initial deadline was late 2008.
Alexei Fyodorov, head of the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation, said last week that deliveries would be postponed to the second half of 2010 from the first half of the year. Fyodorov previously blamed engine producers for the delay of Russia’s first passenger jet project since 1991.
(Reuters)
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