Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC, part of United Aircraft Corporation) is going to enter Chinese market by means of launching sales of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft (SSJ 100) in the country, Euronews reports. 

“At present our aircraft are operated in Mexico, where climatic conditions and geographic environment are much like in China. So we believe that SSJ 100 liners are well suited for operation in this country”, – vice-president of SCAC, Igor Sirtsov said. 

He added: “experience of Mexican carrier Interjet, which managed to decrease turnaround time to 25 minutes for SSJ 100 jets, may be useful for Chinese customers”. 

The vice-president of SCAC believes that Chinese market has a great potential. “According to Chinese experts, the country’s market will need about 1000 new medium-haul aircraft over the next 10-15 years. We are going to compete for 30% of this volume”, – Sirtsov said. He noted that the company is going to promote 100-seat liners in “low-cost” segment of Chinese market. 

He expressed hope that the first SSJ 100 will be delivered to China over the next few years. “Of course we have to solve a number of problems first”, – he said.