Privyet my Russian friends, I am a guy from Honduras that loves all related to Russian aerospace engineering. Sorry to post in English since my Russian is very poor, but in time I hope I can learn enough to write in Russian.
I wanted to mention that according to some acquaintances I have in Mexico, Interjet planned to retire the SSJ entirely by January 8,2020. For logistics reasons this was not possible, so they have decided to continue to operate them until the end of Q1 2020. It is sad to see the SSJ leave the latin america market, but I think also Interjet did not have the money and interest in using such a small aircraft on their fleet, so I wouldnt blame SCAC entirely for this failure.
I also found this article today, which mentions that Interjet still has to pay for all their SSJs, and claim they paid 31 Million USD for each one.
**Update: 01/16/20 @ 21:40 UTC – Interjet confirmed is moving on to an Airbus-based fleet** The 2012 purchase…
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