Comlux orders two Sukhoi Business Jets at NBAA

SuperJet
International, the joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Holding has announced a purchase agreement for two Sukhoi
Business Jet (SBJ) aircraft plus two additional options with Comlux The Aviation Group.

With
this order Comlux becomes the launch customer of SuperJet International. The
deliveries of the two SBJ aircraft are planned for the 2014.
The order has an estimated value of US $200 million, including options.

Before
the entry into service, the VIP cabin interior of the aircraft will be designed
and outfitted by Comlux America, the completion center of the Comlux Group,
based in Indianapolis USA. Comlux America is appointed as the first
approved Sukhoi Business Jet completion Centre. 

“This
new partnership is a great achievement for SuperJet International and we are
very honored to have been selected by Comlux, a company recognized worldwide
for its excellence and the quality of its service to business aviation
customers” says Carlo Logli, chief executive officer of SuperJet International
SpA “This order launches successfully the Sukhoi Business jet programme which
will become in the near future a new player in the wide-cabin VIP aircraft
segment.”

“Comlux
has gained its reputation in the worldwide business aviation market by offering
a unique one-stop-shop solution for the widest range of wide-cabin VIP aircraft”
said Richard Gaona, president of Comlux the Aviation Group. “Combining Comlux
expertise in bizjet aircraft transaction, our capabilities of cabin completion
in Indianapolis,
our Fly Comlux forces to display and charter the SBJ, together with Superjet
willingness to be a major player in business aviation, we are looking for
exciting time.  With this launching order, we are pleased to offer to our
prestigious clientele a new choice of VIP aircraft complementing our existing
fleet and combining space, comfort, luxury and innovation. We are convinced
that the SBJ, equipped with the latest Fly by Wire technology and integrated
modular avionics, will deliver the efficiency and the reliability that our VIP
customers are looking for”.