The SuperJet-100 project is a family of medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in cooperation with major American and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace, and Honeywell.
"Our goal is to reach a level of 50 engines a year in one to one-and-a-half years, boosting it to 100-150 units in two to two-and-a-half years," Yury Lastochkin said.
He also said the SaM-146 engine would be certified to Russian, EU and U.S. standards in early 2009, which would allow it to be used all over the world.
NPO Saturn manufactures the engine in cooperation with France's SAFRAN Group, an international high-technology group with four core businesses -- aerospace propulsion, aircraft equipment, defense security, and communications. It has 61,400 employees in over 30 countries, and annual revenues exceeding 10 billion euros ($13.4 billion).
The Superjet 100 airliner made its second test flight on May 24. Prior to certification, the plane is to undergo a series of flight tests at the aircraft manufacturing plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East.
A total of four planes will be used in the certification program. Another three planes are being assembled at the plant.
Sukhoi said previously it planned to conclude the certification of Superjet in the first half of 2009 and roll out the new aircraft at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget next year.
Sukhoi plans to manufacture at least 700 Superjet 100s, and intends to sell 35% of them to North America, 25% to Europe, 10% to Latin America, and 7% to Russia and China.
The company has so far secured 73 firm orders for the aircraft.
The list price of a 95-seat base model is $28 million, but the company is currently working on both smaller and larger capacity modifications.
The market for the Superjet 100 is estimated at around $100 billion for around 5,500 planes up to 2023.
