MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Aeroflot (RTS: AFLT) said Wednesday that a deal to buy 30 mid-range Russian Regional Jets would cost $630 million.
In mid-May shareholders of Russia's national carrier approved a deal to buy the planes from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
The RRJ project is a family of medium-range passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi in cooperation with major American and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace, and Honeywell.
Aeroflot and Sukhoi, a subsidiary of the Sukhoi state aircraft manufacturing holding, signed the RJJ contract in December 2005. The first deliveries are scheduled for 2008.
Sukhoi plans to produce at least 700 RRJs, and intends to sell 35% of them to North America, 25% to Europe, 10% to Latin America, and 7% to Russia and China.
The RRJ market is estimated at 5,400-5,600 units until 2023 and valued at $100 billion.
