EASA certifies SSJ100 for narrow runway operations
EASA has certified the Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 to operate into airports with runways as narrow as 30 metres wide. The approval was triggered by a request from Irish regional airline CityJet, which became the European launch operator for the SSJ100 in June 2016. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft president Ilya Tarasenko said the certification forms part of a strategy to expand the operating capabilities of the twinjet. As part of this push, Sukhoi is also working to secure steep-approach certification into London City airport by December 2017. “This approach mode will be guaranteed by wing-flap system modernisation and flight management system and avionics improvement,” Sukhoi said. “Flight tests are to be started in the summer of 2017.”<br/>
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EASA certifies SSJ100 for narrow runway operations
EASA has certified the Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 to operate into airports with runways as narrow as 30 metres wide. The approval was triggered by a request from Irish regional airline CityJet, which became the European launch operator for the SSJ100 in June 2016. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft president Ilya Tarasenko said the certification forms part of a strategy to expand the operating capabilities of the twinjet. As part of this push, Sukhoi is also working to secure steep-approach certification into London City airport by December 2017. “This approach mode will be guaranteed by wing-flap system modernisation and flight management system and avionics improvement,” Sukhoi said. “Flight tests are to be started in the summer of 2017.”<br/>
