Alexey Rogozin congratulated UAC and UEC on the start of flight tests of the SJ-100 with Russian engines

© ТГ-канал Алексея Рогозина

- "Superjet&The first Russian jet passenger aircraft of the new generation will receive a Russian PD-8 engine instead of the French SaM146 engine. It should be noted that only 5 countries in the world are developing and mass-producing jet aircraft engines: Russia, the United States, Great Britain, France and China. Russian engine manufacturers should be wished success - there is still a lot of work ahead," he wrote in his telegram channel.

• Earlier it was reported that the Superjet with domestic PD-8 engines was successful >made his first flight.