AHC SUKHOI, SCA AND ALENIA AERONAUTICA CREATE JOINT VENTURE

   Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company (JSC), Sukhoi Civil Aviation (CJSC) and the Italian Alenia Aeronautica have signed an agreement on strategic partnership, according to which a joint venture company SuperJet International has been founded. It will deal with the certification, market promotion and the after-sale service of the Sukhoi SuperJet-100 airplanes.

   In the frames of the official ceremony, which took place at MAKS-2007 on August 22, AHC Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan, Sukhoi Civil Aviation CEO Viktor Subbotin and Alenia Aeronautica Senior Vice-President Carlo Logli signed the agreement.

   The allotment of shares in the newly created joint venture company will be the following: Alenia Aeronautica will have 51% of shares and AHC Sukhoi will have 49%. The headquarters will be in Venice, Italy.