The air carrier Rossiya was looking for a cheap Sukhoi SSJ-100 and launched a tender for three machines. However, this literally went wrong, because the maximum price that the company wanted to pay was not enough for the lessors. By the end of the offer period, Rossiya had not received a single offer.

According to CH-Aviation.com, the carrier was looking for three superjets to be leased for 12 years. The maximum price per aircraft was set at 41,1 million US dollars in the tender. After no lessor was interested, the airline withdrew its tender. Currently, around $ 44,3 million per SSJ-100 is industry standard in Russia.

Rossiya is sticking to the plans to expand the Superjet fleet. Ten units are to be added by the end of 2020. However, it is unclear where these will come from. The training of pilots and flight attendants is currently in full swing. The regional jets are to be stationed at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.

The carrier is a subsidiary of the state-owned Aeroflot and acquired Pulkovo Aviation a few years ago. An originally announced merger with the parent company was not implemented, so that Rossiya is still active today under its own brand. All samples from Russian production have been removed from the scheduled service of this airline. There are currently 20 A319, nine A320, one B737-800, nine B747-400, five B777-300 and five B777-300ER in the fleet. Ten SSJ-100-95Bs from Russian production are to be added.