Russia’s minister for industry and trade Victor Khristenko said that in the middle of 2011 Sukhoi expects to win approval for its Superjet 100 regional jet with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The minister stated that “a renewed version” of the SSJ100 will be submitted to EASA for assessment. “We intend to go with the Superjet to the global market”, Khristenko said.

Working on the SSJ100, Sukhoi has managed to increase the degree of its compliance to the European aviation standards to 85%. Previously the figure was merely 15%, according to the minister.

Khristenko further said that the SSJ100 “is not a revolutionary project, but it is at the same level with best examples available anywhere in the world”.
Sukhoi is facing strong competition from Embraer and Bombardier that offer similar products. The SSJ100 is comparable to those. Khristenko said Sukhoi “has achieved a different kind of quality with SS100, and we will continue fighting our way forward”. The SSJ100 was the first civilian design from a Russian manufacturer to have been developed using computer-aided design/manufacturing/engineering packages (CAD/CAM/CAE).