Citing safety reasons, Armenia's national airline, Armavia, said on Monday that it has decided not to add Russian-made Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft to its fleet despite an existing supply contract with their state-owned manufacturer.
Armavia was due to buy two such passenger jets in accordance with the agreement with the Russian aviation group Sukhoi signed in Yerevan in 2007. Its top executives strongly defended the $100 million deal at the time, downplaying the fact that the newly developed SuperJets had not yet been tested in the air.
Armavia's owner, Mikhail Bagdasarov, is a Russian-Armenian businessman close to Armenia's government. Sukhoi is managed by another Russian citizen of Armenian descent, Mikhail Pogosian. The Russian company was until then better known for its military aircraft widely used by the air forces of Russia and many other states, including Armenia.
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