Russia's Superjet sees new, bigger plane by 2020

Superjet International, an aircraft made by Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI) unit Alenia Aermacchi, could be operating a new, stretched version of its SSJ100 regional jet by 2020, an executive told Reuters. Conceived as a plan to help Russia develop a foothold in the global planemaking business, Superjet's Russian-built SSJ100 operated its first commercial flight in 2011 and since then just over 50 of the 100 seat-aircraft have been delivered. "We need to offer a stretched version," Superjet Executive Vice President Eugene Andrachnikov said in an interview at the Paris air show onboard a Superjet soon to be delivered to Mexican carrier Interjet.

Russia's Superjet sees new, bigger plane by 2020 source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/russias-superjet-sees-bigger-plane-155210464.html