UTAir, one of Russia's four largest airlines, will replace its Tupolev Tu-134 airliners with Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, the company said on Monday.
"Under a fleet modernization program, UTAir has concluded a tender to choose a commercial civilian passenger jet to replace the Tu-134 in its fleet. Two modifications of Sukhoi Superjet 100, RRJ-75B and RRJ-95B, have won the tender," the company said. Eight Russian and foreign companies participated in the tender.
The airline did not say when it might place a formal order or how many Superjets it would buy.
The Superjet 100 is a family of medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi in cooperation with U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell.
The aircraft is capable of carrying 75-95 passengers up to 4,500 kilometers.
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti)
