The SSJ 100 is currently being manufactured in three variants: basic, long range and Sukhoi Business Jet, but Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) will use Farnborough to announce a new version – Sportjet – that will be developed by 2018. According to the manufacturer, this will be the first aircraft specifically designed to carry professional sports teams, and will feature a rehabilitation zone with equipment for physiotherapeutic procedures.
Along with such unusual modifications, Sukhoi is working to improve the aircraft’s operational parameters. According to UAC, the first stage will be completed
by the end of 2017. It will include winglets and aerodynamics improvements that will result in a 5% increase of fuel efficiency. Sukhoi is also working to certify the SSJ 100 for steep approaches that will enable CityJet to operate from its main hub at London City Airport. SCAC president Ilya Tarasenko says that these improvements will be certified
in 2018.
Further plans call for development of the SSJ 100 stretched version (dubbed SSJ-SV). This is now slowly moving to Gate III (preliminary design review). SCAC says that the stretch could be anywhere from current 103 seat to 130 seats, and MTOW will increase from 45-49 tons to 53 tons.
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New winglets designed by Sukhoi are the main feature of the upgrade package, which will also include a new flap setting to improve takeoff performance and modifications to the braking system software to reduce landing distance. The manufacturer is working on changes to the flight controls to allow a slower approach speed as part of an overall plan to improve the SSJ100’s airfield performance. In October 2015, the aircraft completed EASA certification for Cat IIIa, P-Rnav and VNav approaches.
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Sukhoi is pressing ahead with modifications to improve its Superjet SSJ100 and may certificate some or all the modifications earlier than the late-2018 timeframe to which it has committed.
The drive for an earlier date has been spurred by by Ireland-based CityJet, which has a major hub at London City Airport and has ordered the Russian jet.
The combination of London City’s short runway and the presence of several high buildings in the nearby Docklands financial area mean that aircraft landing from the west have to adopt an approach of 5.5 degrees, almost double the standard 3 degree glideslope.
With that in mind, Sukhoi is developing a modification pack consisting of a new flap setting (‘flap setting three’), modifications to the braking system software and winglets.
Winglets had been considered previously, said Nazario Cauceglia, CEO of SuperJet International, the Italy-based marketing arm for the aircraft, but the order from CityJet, for which London City is a major part of its network, prompted the company to move ahead with the project.
The modification pack will reduce landing speeds “by two to three knots, perhaps a little more,” while the winglets will bring fuel consumption benefits.
“The development of the winglets was done in Moscow,” Cauceglia said at the Farnborough Airshow. “They have selected a winglet configuration and they are now going to do structural tests.” A Russian supplier is likely to be chosen to manufacture them.
CityJet ordered 15 leased SSJ100s, with 10 more on option. “The contract says they will be delivered in two batches,” Cauceglia said. “The first batch of eight will be delivered by the middle of next year. They have two already, with a third arriving in October and five in the first half of 2017.”
The second batch will not start to arrive until the latter part of 2018, “as this will include all the modifications certificated and required to operate into London City.” However, although Sukhoi has committed to delivering the certificated modifications
by late 2018, “We’re trying to get certification for at least some of the mods
before 2018. London City is very important for our customer, so we’re trying to reduce this [time] as much as possible.”
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