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senheiser I think I said that it didn't look like sanctions would impact production. The fact that there is any risk to production at all from sanctions indicates that there are a substantial number of critical parts being produced outside Russia, which was the point I was making originally. Further, one of the sources I quoted was the annual reports from Sukhoi themselves. Do you dispute that as a source?
The Superjet does not compete with any American produced aircraft, in fact Boeing is one of the contributors to the Superjet project. I have no skin in the game, other than hoping it will force Bombardier and Embraer to get better. I've also run across comments that the Superjet is particularly comfortable to ride in. So, I wish the project no ill will at all. I'm not sure where you got that impression.
I understand you are very sensitive about Russia's prestige, but you must face the facts. The aircraft is troubled. Not by sanctions, or by the design itself (which I also complemented), but by Russia's inability to produce the aircraft in the numbers required to be competitive. I did not know that when I started reading about this. I found out by reading most the annual reports from Sukhoi, which describe the numbers of orders and the numbers of deliveries. The enterprise is going to fail if Sukhoi cannot find a way to get more aircraft out the door. Producing in India would be a big benefit in this regard, assuming India can do better with the Superjet than they have with other projects.
Here is the link for the India assembly:
The assembly of Sukhoi SuperJet 100 and MS-21 aircraft may be launched in India - News - Russian Aviation - RUAVIATION.COM Nothing has come of it yet, that I can find. Is this a Russian enough source to be believable to you?
Lastly, there is yet another hint of production outside Russia that I have run across:
O-Bay to purchase 100 regional Russian aircraft[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
Earlier this year, the Chinese were talking about producing the aircraft locally, in spite of the fact that it is a direct competitor to the ARJ-21. Reddit had a thread running on it, and some commenters had suggesting the ARJ-21 was dead. I'd regard that as a rumor at this point. China is a big country, and could host two competing regional jet production lines, I believe.
The most optimistic projections have Sukhoi doing 100 or so aircraft/year by 2020. Considering that Embraer is doing 800+, and Bombardier 600+, that is just not good enough. The snide comment about Vietnam getting planes in 2030 was a reference to the fact that Sukhoi has plenty of orders, but is building about 1 aircraft per 5 orders - meaning a backlog is piling up. That means people that order now will get delivery much later - probably before 2030, but it was a joke using hyperbole. I think you're a bit too sensitive about it.
Your RUAVIATION link you included says essentially the same thing as the Moscow Times link, btw. I saw both, but Moscow Times included the production numbers, so I used that link instead.
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