TWO SUKHOI SuperJet 100-95LR aircraft in VIP configuration were handed over to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) during an official ceremony at SuperJet International’s base in Venice, Italy, on July 15.
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They are are scheduled to enter service within the next two months and will be used to transport the country’s leaders, senior officials and high-ranking armed forces personnel.
Each aircraft is configured with a four-passenger VIP area, six-passenger business class section and a 50-passenger standard seating cabin. As previously reported on AFD, a deal for three of these aircraft (two plus one option) was announced on December 9, 2014, although the contract had been signed much earlier, in 2013.
The first aircraft, /L.19-1/59/60317 (c/n 95093), made its maiden flight with test registration ‘97015’ on October 23 last year at Komsomolsk-on-Amur/Dzyemgi, where it was built on the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) production line. It was ferried the next day via Novosibirsk to Ulyanovsk, where it was painted by Spektr-Avia in full RTAF colours, then departed on November 9 for Zhukovsky, where final acceptance testing was completed. Following this, it had been undergoing outfitting with its VIP cabin.
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