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http://fr.rian.ru/business/20091022/123630622.htmlLa compagnie aérienne ItaLy recevra dix Superjet-100 (officiel)
SAINT-PETERSBOURG, 22 octobre - RIA Novosti. Les livraisons de Superjet-100 à la compagnie aérienne italienne ItaLy commenceront dès 2010, a annoncé jeudi le porte-parole du premier ministre russe, à l'issue d'une rencontre de MM.Poutine et Berlusconi avec les PDG des sociétés russes menant des projets importants avec des partenaires italiens.
"Le PDG de Sukhoi, Mikhaïl Pogossian, a évoqué les activités de la compagnie russo-italienne chargée de promouvoir cet avion en Italie. Une compagnie italienne a passé avec Sukhoi un contrat sur dix avions dont les livraisons commenceront dès l'année prochaine", a noté le porte-parole.
M. Pogossian a recommandé à M. Berlusconi de prendre connaissance du Superjet, qui selon lui possède des performances élevées.
On a appris hier qu'Alitalia était elle aussi en négociations sur l'acquisition de plusieurs appareils.
Sukhoi cites engine issues as Superjet schedule slips
By Niall O’Keeffe
Superjet100 maker Sukhoi is blaming engine supplier PowerJet for delays that will push first delivery of the regional aircraft to Russian flag carrier Aeroflot into 2010.
"We have to revise our programme schedule because of the revision in the delivery schedule of the engines," says Sukhoi. "We are not supplied with the engines for the last prototype and for the first serial aircraft."
The Superjet 100 is to be powered by SaM146 engines in development by PowerJet, a manufacturer founded in 2004 as a joint venture between Safran unit Snecma, of France, and NPO Saturn of Russia.
PowerJet
Aeroflot had been due to receive its first Superjet 100 in December. Sukhoi says a new programme schedule will be revealed once a "firm schedule of engine supplies" has been received. "I think that by the end of this year we'll be ready to say firmly when the first deliveries will take place," says the company.
Engines aside, the last Superjet 100 prototype is "fully ready", according to Sukhoi ("We even painted it," it says.) The manufacturer expects to have the first serial-production aircraft ready to be fitted with engines. Once engines have been received, a flight-test schedule must be completed before aircraft can be delivered to customers.
The delay to the engines reflects certification rather than production issues, says Sukhoi, which points the finger of blame at Russian partner NPO Saturn. "As far as we are informed the production schedule, Snecma's part, is okay, but NPO Saturn performs poorly," says Sukhoi.
Powerjet was not available for comment.
http://fr.rian.ru/economic_news/20091116/185510680.htmlSukhoi Superjet-100: la production retardée faute de moteurs (gouverneur)
Le lancement de la production en série des moyens-courriers russes Sukhoi Superjet-100 à l'usine de Komsomolsk-sur-l'Amour (Extrême-Orient russe) est retardé faute de moteurs, a annoncé lundi le gouverneur du territoire de Khabarovsk Viatcheslav Chport.
"La situation n'est pas catastrophique, mais difficile. La procédure d'homologation des moteurs accuse un retard, il est peu probable que leur commercialisation commence en 2009. Quant à la livraison des moteurs, nous avons aussi des problèmes si nous souhaitons produire (les avions) en série dès maintenant. Des appareils sans moteurs se trouvent dans l'atelier d'assemblage", a indiqué M.Chport.
Créés par le groupe de recherche et de production russe Saturn et le français Snecma (France), les moteurs de SSJ-100 sont produits par l'usine Saturn de Rybinsk, dans la région de Iaroslavl.
Les partenaires russes et français cherchent à régler le problème des moteurs, a ajouté le gouverneur.
Sukhoi a déjà reçu 122 commandes fermes du moyen-courrier qui sera fabriqué avec le concours d'une trentaine de sociétés russes et étrangères. Initialement prévue pour décembre 2009, la livraison des premiers SSJ-100 aux compagnies aériennes russe et arménienne, Aeroflot et Armavia, a été reportée à 2010.
Le moyen courrier russe Sukhoi Superjet-100 est conçu par la société Avions civils Sukhoi (qui fait partie du holding Sukhoi) conjointement avec l'américain Boeing. L'appareil peut transporter 98 passagers sur une distance de 4.400 km. Le premier Sukhoi Superjet 100 a été présenté au public le 26 septembre 2007 à l'usine de Komsomolsk-sur-l'Amour, où il a effectué avec succès son tout premier vol à la mi-mai 2008.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE5BR0Z520091228?rpc=44Russia says engines to blame for Superjet delay
* Engine-maker says engines to be delivered in May-June
* Sukhoi in talks with buyers on new timeframes
(Updates with comments from engine maker)
MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Russia has indefinitely delayed deliveries of the Superjet 100, its first new civilian aircraft since the fall of the Soviet Union, as the engines are not ready, the head of the company building the aircraft said.
Sukhoi -- best know for making fighter jets -- is developing Superjet 100 in partnership with shareholder Italian aerospace and defence group Finmeccanica SpA.
The engines are being produced by Russia's Saturn with France's Safran, while Thales is involved in avionics.
"Sukhoi is in talks with the buyers about new timeframes for delivery of these planes. The engine makers have shifted the timetable of certification. Well, it turned out they were not ready," Alexei Fyodorov, head of Sukhoi owner United Aviation Corporation (UAC), told reporters on Monday.
"I think the problems were indeed technical -- a new engine is being developed."
A Saturn spokeswoman confirmed the engines were going through the process of receiving necessary documentation and testing.
"The engine (for SSJ) is being certified. We are aiming to get the engines certified according to European, U.S. and, of course, Russian standards, by May-June," Lyubov Kalinina said.
She added that the engine will be delivered to the client after certification, in accordance with all these standards.
Around 100 of the planes have been ordered, and Russian flag carrier Aeroflot is the first in the waiting line.
Last week, Industries and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko said deliveries will start in the first half of 2010, marking a further delay on the original end-2008 deadline.
Russia is seeking to boost its manufacturing and technology sectors as part of a drive to reduce the economy's dependence on natural resources which made it especially vulnerable to the latest financial crisis.
The Superjet aircraft has been pitched by officials as the new hope for Russia's languishing aircraft manufacturers, whose production has been squeezed out by foreign plane makers such as Boeing and Airbus.
Superjet is a regional jet that can carry between 75 and 95 passengers. It made its maiden flight -- initially planned for 2007 -- in May 2008 and is still undergoing tests.
Separately, UAC's Fyodorov said his company expected revenues of 115-120 billion roubles for 2009, rising to over 150 billion roubles in 2010, and needs to restructure some 70 billion roubles ($2.4 billion) worth of debt.
Following an additional share issue in October, the Russian state owns over 80 percent of UAC, state bank VEB has a further 11 percent and the rest is held by private shareholders.
Cold soak trials that are part of the certification process for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet have been completed in Yakutsk, Russia.
The flight test aircraft (SN 95004) arrived last month at the test facility where Russia historically conducts the extreme weather assessment and now has returned to the Zhukovsky flight test center near Moscow to continue in flight trials.
During the cold weather test, the regional jet was exposed to temperatures down to negative 41 deg. C. for around 17 hours before the systems were initiated to start up the aircraft. The aircraft also performed seven flight tests during its stint in the Siberian air field.
Sukhoi hopes Russian authorities will be ready to finally grant the type certification to the regional jet in July, with the European Aviation Safety Agency slated to follow in November.
April 12, 2010, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region – Today the fourth Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight test prototype SN95005 flew from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Zhukovsky-based Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company Flight test center to continue flight certification campaign.
Flight certification campaign tests scheduled for this aircraft include the evaluation of on-board equipment and, together with 95004, systems failure safety. SN95005 will accomplish tests on both fire protection and inertial gas systems. Sukhoi Superjet 100 is the first Russian aircraft to feature inertial gas system .
Its implementation is a must according to the American and European aviation authorities introduced to enhance flight operation safety. Inertial gas system fills the fuel tank with nitrogen deployed from the air in proportion to the fuel consumed.
Its application allows preventing fire and detonation of fuel fumes in case of unfortunate critical landing, in particular, when the aircraft touches the runway with! the wing.
Further on, Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN95005 will be the vehicle for first customers’ pilot training. “Today the entire company is focused on certification campaign and aircraft production for our first customers. We sustain dynamic pace not only in terms of flight campaign, but also in fatigue tests.
Novosibirsk had already performed over 4950 laboratory flights, by the month end this shall equal 6000. In terms of static testing we are successfully through the main part of operational and design loads, only particular cases are left – such as passenger chair installation strength, etc. By the end of April we expect to power the first ramp-up production aircraft 95007. The key factor now is to have all partners on the project to enlist all efforts in reaching the outlined milestones”, - noted Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company President, upon fourth Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight test prototype SN95005 arrival to Zhukovsky.
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par alain57 Mar 27 Jan 2009 - 16:23