Rosaviatsia approved the extension of the service life of SSJ-100 aircraft

SSJ-100 aircraft with SaM146 engines and increased range have received approval for a change to the type design.

The service life of the aircraft will be expanded to 20 thousand flights, 40 thousand flight hours and 20 years of operation.

The service life extension is carried out on the basis of calculations, tests and generalization of operating experience.

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. SSJ-100 aircraft with SaM146 engines and an increased range have received approval for a change in the standard design, which allows them to extend the service life of the aircraft, Rosaviation reported.

“The SSJ-100 aircraft with SaM146 engines and with an increased range (RRJ-95B-100/LR-100) have received Major Change Approval (MCA) of the standard design associated with the next stage of expanding the assigned service life of the aircraft,” the statement says.

Thus, the resource will be expanded to 20 thousand flights, 40 thousand flight hours and 20 years of operation. Previously, it was 15 thousand flights, 25 thousand hours and 15 years, respectively.

“The new values ​​confirm the reliability of the aircraft design and increase the assigned life to 40% of the design values. Yakovlev continues to work to achieve the design indicators set for the SSJ-100 family of aircraft,” said Vladimir Lavrov, chief designer of the SSJ program, his words are quoted in the press release.