KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, Russia, Sept 26, 2007 (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday rolled out a new regional passenger jet that it hopes will revive the country's civil aviation industry and rival similar models from Brazil and Canada.
The Superjet 100 is being developed by state-run jetmaker Sukhoi with Western partners at a factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, some 8,000 kilometres (4,970 miles) east of Moscow.