Sukhoi Superjet 100 to make first passenger flight on Gagarin anniversary

Russia's Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger airliner will carry out its first passenger flight from Armenia’s capital of Yerevan to Moscow on April 12, officials in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Territory said on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports.

The flight will take place on the 50th anniversary of the day that Yury Gagarin became the first man in space.

The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft was bought by Armenia’s Armavia airline, Khabarovsk Territory Governor Vyacheslav Shport said during a meeting with Armenia’s ambassador to Russia Oleg Yesayan in Khabarovsk on Tuesday.