The Aviation Magazine No:46 September-October 2016 | Page 96
There were 2 RTAF Sukhoi SuperJet 100’s parked inside the hangar during the ceremony. One by one they
were towed out after the ceremony, top and bottom right images. The 4 seat VIP and 6‐seat business class
area , as well as the modern cockpit shown on the left side (3 images by SuperJet International).
All images unless noted ©2016 The Aviation Magazine
The Roll Out Ceremony was quite interesting, when the
invited media arrived at 9:30AM,we were checked in and
our badges were issued. The actual ceremony started
around 10AM, with a short video about the manufacturing
of the SJ100 for the RTAF.
After the short video the President of JSC "Sukhoi Civil Air‐
craft" Mr. I.S.Tarasenko, welcomed and thanked the audi‐
ence and the participants of the project in Russian, English
translation was provided simultaneously. Additional
speeches were given by Tritoda Sonyansa, Commander in
Chief, RTAF, V.E. Masalov, Vice President of UAC, Nazario
Cauceglia, CEO of SJI and Marc Sorel, CEO of PowerJet.
There were the usual ribbon cutting and presentation of a
rather large (symbolic ‐ as no keys required to start the
aircraft) ignition key to the aircraft. After that the VIPs
were invited to tour the aircraft, along with the future
RTAF pilots of these aircraft who were in Venice for the
required training. The RTAF did not allowed any media on
the aircraft or to take images of the interior. The interior
images shown were provided by SuperJet International.
After the interior inspection Mr. Tarasenko was available
for interviews. During the event a light buffet with cham‐
pagne and non‐alcoholic drinks were available. The official
event concluded just after noon.
I would like to thank the staff SuperJet International for
their warm hospitality and all of their support during The
Aviation Magazine’s visit, in particular Anastasia Gor‐
deeva, Head of Press Service, and Alexandr Yarovoy Head
of PR, Varvara Inozemtseva Head of representative office
of Intelligence PR firm in Italy, who made my visit possible
and Alessio Cortivo of VIP Service, for making this event a
memorable one.