Sukhoi Superjet rollout

[chornedsnorkack]

Sukhoi Superjet is due to roll out on 26th of September:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... l-out.html

The launch customer is Aeroflot. But there is at least one export customer Itali Airlines.

Is Dreamliner supposed to fly before Superjet rolls out?

[C]

Is Dreamliner supposed to fly before Superjet rolls out?

In the original schedule, yes; it was supposed to fly in August (although Boeing have all but admitted it won't).

With these glorious roll-outs/unveilings, I wondering if there's any correlation between the "impressiveness" of the name, and the overhype the type receives; this "Superjet" (does it go round saving the world?), Boeing's "Dreamliner" (blimey, I can't sleep in any airliner, so I won't be dreaming! ), and Airbus' "A3XX" (come on, who couldn't work out it was always going to be the A380...).

[Jakemaster]

Is Dreamliner supposed to fly before Superjet rolls out?

In the original schedule, yes; it was supposed to fly in August (although Boeing have all but admitted it won't).

With these glorious roll-outs/unveilings, I wondering if there's any correlation between the "impressiveness" of the name, and the overhype the type receives; this "Superjet" (does it go round saving the world?), Boeing's "Dreamliner" (blimey, I can't sleep in any airliner, so I won't be dreaming! ), and Airbus' "A3XX" (come on, who couldn't work out it was always going to be the A380...).

Boeing admitted it won't fly in August...well maybe not officially but they've said to the media that it should fly in September

[C]

Is Dreamliner supposed to fly before Superjet rolls out?

In the original schedule, yes; it was supposed to fly in August (although Boeing have all but admitted it won't).

With these glorious roll-outs/unveilings, I wondering if there's any correlation between the "impressiveness" of the name, and the overhype the type receives; this "Superjet" (does it go round saving the world?), Boeing's "Dreamliner" (blimey, I can't sleep in any airliner, so I won't be dreaming! ), and Airbus' "A3XX" (come on, who couldn't work out it was always going to be the A380...).

Boeing admitted it won't fly in August...well maybe not officially but they've said to the media that it should fly in September

I think the quote was "It'll fly when it's ready", and rightly so.

[expat]

In the news today, it was announced that it would not fly until October at the earliest.

Matt

[Ivan]

Sukhoi Superjet has been known before as the RRJ. Its in no way a competitor for the Dreamliner

What it has to offer over the competition is unpaved runway capabilities.

And TsAgi has another nice 'test till it breaks' job ahead

[chornedsnorkack]

Sukhoi Superjet has been known before as the RRJ. Its in no way a competitor for the Dreamliner

What it has to offer over the competition is unpaved runway capabilities.

What is the competition?

[Ivan]

Sukhoi Superjet has been known before as the RRJ. Its in no way a competitor for the Dreamliner

What it has to offer over the competition is unpaved runway capabilities.

What is the competition?

EMB 170, EMB 195, the Canadair thingie in the same capacity range...
Basically the Sukhoi plane was designed from day 1 to be gravel and snow safe

[chornedsnorkack]

Sukhoi Superjet has been known before as the RRJ. Its in no way a competitor for the Dreamliner

What it has to offer over the competition is unpaved runway capabilities.

What is the competition?

EMB 170, EMB 195, the Canadair thingie in the same capacity range...
Basically the Sukhoi plane was designed from day 1 to be gravel and snow safe

Does Superjet compete with 737?

[Craig.]

Sukhoi Superjet has been known before as the RRJ. Its in no way a competitor for the Dreamliner

What it has to offer over the competition is unpaved runway capabilities.

What is the competition?

EMB 170, EMB 195, the Canadair thingie in the same capacity range...
Basically the Sukhoi plane was designed from day 1 to be gravel and snow safe

Does Superjet compete with 737?

Not if those two examples are to go by. It's the Regional jet market if thats the case, smaller city airports with short runways.

[Ivan]

Does Superjet compete with 737?

No... as Boeing has selected Sukhoi to complement their product range with a regional jet

[chornedsnorkack]

Does Superjet compete with 737?

No... as Boeing has selected Sukhoi to complement their product range with a regional jet

What precisely has Sukhoi promised to Boeing?

[Ivan]

Its more like What did Boeing promise to Sukhoi.

Basically the deal is that Sukhoi wont go in the 737 market, and in return Boeing does the marketing stuff for them.

This saves Sukhoi a load of image-building money, and Boeing gets their RJ whitout having to start from scratch

[chornedsnorkack]

There is talk of SSJ-130.

[Xyn_Air]

The Sukhoi Superjet is supposed to be able to land on unpaved surfaces?!?  :o