Armavia owes about $4 mln for SSJ-100 airliner
MOSCOW. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Armavia, Armenia's national air carrier, owes some $4 million for its first Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ-100) to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, an official Sukhoi representative told Interfax.
In addition, Armavia owes for technical services for the airliner, the source said. "At the present time, the aircraft is in Zhukovsky."
The company representative said that the first aircraft is encumbered at an Armenian bank, so Armavia cannot forward official documents rejecting it.
Early this month it was reported that Armavia had decided not to fly the SSJ-100 it acquired from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, as the aircraft required repair in just the first year of usage. Even earlier, the air carrier decided not to buy a second, which was due for delivery in June.
Instead of the SSJ, Armavia wants to buy Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Sukhoi had at one point been planning to clinch a firm contract to supply Armavia with six of the SSJ-100s.