The Aviation Magazine No:46 September-October 2016 | Page 94
On July 15th 2016, in Venice, JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) held a roll‐out ceremony of two Sukhoi Business
Jet (SBJ) aircraft, also known as the Sukhoi Superjet 100, built for Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF). The aircraft will
be providing VIP transportation services for Thai top officials and government leaders as well as to the High
Command of Thailand. The two SBJs are the company’s first business jets acquired by an overseas cus‐
tomer. The Aviation Magazine was invited for this very important hand over by SuperJet International, based
at Venice’s Marco Polo International Airport, Italy.
Air Chief Marshal Treetod Sonjance, Commander‐in‐Chief of The Royal Thai Air Force, Ilya Tarasenko, Presi‐
dent of SCAC, Nazario Cauceglia, CEO of SuperJet International (speaking in the above image) and Marc
Sorel, CEO and Chairman of PowerJet, took part in the official ceremony that was about two hours long.
The aircraft are delivered to RTAF as part of the bidding and procurement process for which SCAC was
awarded a contract in 2014. This version of the Superjet 100 has three sections differing in comfort level: a
4‐seat VIP area, a 6‐seat business class area, and a passenger compartment for 50 people.