Indonesia National Air Carrier Association (INACA) secretary general Tengku Burhanuddin said the crash of would not affect local demand for such aircraft.
I agree. The motivating factor here is purely low cost travel.
I think it's a good design and Sukhoi have a lot of military aircraft experience they can draw on , if they get the tech support and spares right this could be THE next small intercity jet.
I haven't had anything to do with Sukhois but the Antonov's I have dealt with are very clever robust and simple to maintain designs , if Sukhoi has a similar design philosophy that's what we need in Asia.
Anyone know what the short field performance is like ? Can it operate out of an 1,100 to 1,300 metre runway ?