JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft”, the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, found the first foreign buyer for its aircraft in VIP configuration. Three aircraft will receive Thai Air Force to serve the royal court of the country.
JSC “Sukhoi Civil Aircraft” (GSS) and the Thai authorities agreed to supply three aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) in VIP configuration for the needs of the court of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, reported by ITAR-TASS Russian trade representative in Thailand Oleg Maslennikov. According to him, the aircraft has not yet been physically delivered to Thailand, but “contracts have already been signed.” The first contract for the two parties entered into the aircraft last year, but this August it extended for another aircraft, said Mr. Maslennikov. For an undisclosed amount. In GSS declined to comment.
According to “Kommersant”, this year the GSS has won the tender announced by the Royal Thai Air Force, for the supply of aircraft “for the department of administrative tasks.” The agreement was concluded directly with the manufacturer without the lessor. VIP configuration is made based on the version of SSJ 100 extended range (Long Range) and includes a working area and passenger to carry up to 60 passengers. Buyer will receive the first aircraft at the end of 2016.
GSS tries to get into the VIP aircraft from 2011. At the air show at the Paris Le Bourget in 2011, the launch of the program Sukhoi Business Jet (SBJ). Its interior can accommodate 13 to 38 passengers. Then the treaties were signed letter of intent with the Indian Aviotech to supply ten Superjet in the business version with an option for ten aircraft. Later, the Swiss operator Comlux Aviation business has agreed to sell two aircraft SBJ and options for two more. But so far none of these agreements have not really gotten to continue. SSJ 100 in VIP configuration was first unveiled at MAKS-2013. But the presentation was accompanied by a scandal: Aero Management from the United States to challenge in court the right to display the aircraft because its interior was allegedly illegally borrowed. Subsequently, the parties settle the dispute. The buyer of the aircraft leasing acted “Aviakapital service”, part of “Rostec” in the n ear future it will give the customer the plane “Rosoboronexport”. Total GSS built 79 SSJ 100 (31 in 2014) and has shipped 49 aircraft.
Catalog value of commercial passenger SSJ 100 – $ 35.4 million. But its launch customer “Aeroflot” has received a significant discount: the price of the aircraft was $ 18.6 million. According to Mr. Maslennikov, due to the special configuration of the cabin price VIP configuration increased by more than $ 6 million. The general director of OOO “VEMINA Aviaprestizh” Vitaly Romaniuk (GSS company to make a bid for the production of VIP interior SSJ 100) said that the cost of a large aircraft with cabin extra comfort increases by 15-30%.
The main foreign players in this sector – Airbus (A318; A318 Elite; A319CJ; A380 Flying Palace), Boeing Business Jet, Embraer (Lineage 1000 Elite). Honeywell Aerospace (manufacturer of engines and avionics) evaluates the business aircraft deliveries in 2014-2024 years of almost 9.5 thousand. Cars worth $ 280 billion, in 2014, demand could reach 675 new aircraft. Almost half of the supply – category super-midsize jet (transport not more than nine passengers to a distance of 5.5 thousand. Km). Mr. Romaniuk noted that the demand for large aircraft for business aviation less for economic reasons: “The vessel consumes more fuel requires more care.” But the vice president of the United National Business Aviation Association Evgeny Bakhtin says that the demand for large aircraft in the business configuration is stable, “Their operators do not change personal preferences regardless of the situation on the market.” < /P>
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