“We will receive our aircraft in a low-density configuration, with 93 seats and a 34-inch pitch, the same adopted on our A320s, to maintain our brand image as a comfortable low-cost airline,” Aleman Magnani told AIN. Interjet expects to receive its first SSJ100 in July 2012, following cabin outfitting by SuperJet International’s Venice, Italy factory in the spring of that year.
Mikhail Pogosyan, general director of SuperJet’s main shareholder, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, said that the company has finished all SSJ100 flight testing. He predicted that authorities would issue certification by the end of January, followed by first deliveries to Russian carrier Aeroflot and Armavia of Armenia in March.
