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Russia's Own Superjet Unveiled
It seems that everyone who has flown Aeroflot, the Russian airline, has some sort of crazy story, either from takeoff (pilot sitting on a crate of beers), landing (wheels falling off), or mid-air (the doors not being completely closed causing the cabin to get freezing cold). Those could all be urban legends, but the truth is, their planes tend to be old. All this could change very soon.
Russia just introduced their brand new plane: Sukhoi's Superjet 100, the first Russian commercial airliner designed since the end of the Soviet Union. As a mid-range passenger liner with 75 or 95 seats, it will compete directly with Brazil's Embraer and Canada's Bombardier. Good news, folks.
Flying Aeroflot, assuming they will purchase these planes, might just become as boring as flying any other airline!
Filed under: Russian Federation, Airlines
