Russia Leads Race for New Regional Jet After Engine Approval

[Tshering22]

A couple of years ago, Mitsubishi wanted to get into this market niche too and their first potential customer was Viet Nam . We offer to buy their jet but the condition was that 30% of the value of the plane had to be manufactured in Viet Nam. They refused so no deal was signed. What a loss for both sides

Well now you can consider the SuperJet 100 for regional airliners like VietJet, Air Mekong etc while you could consider the bigger A-320 class Irkut MS-21 as a good option. Think about it; lower fuel costs, better efficiency and you becoming their launch customer.

The thing is we already operate An-148 in non-scheduled operations; At least the deal had been signed. So only time will tell whether the SuperJet 100 and MS-21 will find big clients in India or not. Aviation is not really good looking right now in our country thanks to the disaster called Air India.

 

[ViXuyen]

Well now you can consider the SuperJet 100 for regional airliners like VietJet, Air Mekong etc while you could consider the bigger A-320 class Irkut MS-21 as a good option. Think about it; lower fuel costs, better efficiency and you becoming their launch customer.

The thing is we already operate An-148 in non-scheduled operations; At least the deal had been signed. So only time will tell whether the SuperJet 100 and MS-21 will find big clients in India or not. Aviation is not really good looking right now in our country thanks to the disaster called Air India.

Viet Nam does not need a regional jet all. Had we really wanted a regional jet, we would have gone for Bombardier already. What we wanted from Mitsubishi is not their jets, but the technology to produce parts of the jets. We offered to buy up to 20 but Japan balked at the idea of producing 30% of the jets in Viet Nam so no deal. Greedy Japanese can I say?