Russia, India have preliminary agreement on SJ-100 passenger plane sale: Official

Key Highlights

• In late October, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state corporation) and Indian state-owned corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a memorandum on the production of the SJ-100 aircraft.
• UAC head Vadim Badeha said later that India noted the high efficiency of the SJ-100 aircraft.
• The SJ-100 is a short-haul narrow-body aircraft being developed under a programme to replace imported systems and components.
• The airliner will become another model in the family of the currently operated Superjet-type aircraft.
• The SJ aircraft made its first flight with the Russian PD-8 engine in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur on March 17, 2025.