NBAA: New jetliner joins the market with Comlux the launch customer

A new corporate jetliner formally entered the market at NBAA in Las Vegas today when Bahrain-based, Swiss-owned Comlux became the launch customer for the Sukhoi Business Jet (SBJ).
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The deal was announced at NBAA by SuperJet International - the joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, and Russia’s Sukhoi Holding.  Comlux is to buy two SBJs plus two additional options. The two are planned for 2014. The order has an estimated value of US $200 million, including options.
The Sukhoi Business Jet is the VIP aircraft version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional airliner. It offers a spacious and ultra quiet cabin of 118 m3 / 4192 ft3, and a range of approximately 4300 nm (8000 km), thanks to its additional fuel tanks. The launch of the VIP aircraft version comes just four months after the successful entry-into-service of the SSJ100 in April 2011.
“This new partnership is a great achievement for SuperJet International and we are very honoured to have been selected by Comlux,” said Carlo Logli, SuperJet International’s CEO, “This order successfully launches the Sukhoi Business Jet program which will become in the near future a new player in the wide-cabin VIP aircraft segment.”


PICTURED: Carlo Logli, SuperJet International’s CEO and Comlux's Richard Gaona

“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 Comlux president Richard Gaona.“  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”.

Before the entry into service, the VIP cabin interior of the aircraft will be designed and outfitted by Comlux America, Comlux’s completion centre based in Indianapolis USA.

The move also means Comlux America becomes the first approved Sukhoi Business Jet completion Centre.

 

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