Russia's Aeroflot plans to obtain 50 new Sukhoi SuperJets by 2016

NOVO-OGARYOVO, March 31. /TASS/. Russia’s biggest air company, Aeroflot, plans to enlarge its fleet with 50 new Sukhoi SuperJet 100 airliners by 2016, Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savelyev said on Tuesday at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"As of today, we have 18 state-of-the-art Sukhoi SuperJet planes and we hope to receive 50 more such planes by 2016," he said, adding that Aeroflot expected to buy 50 MS-21 planes from 2017.