Airlines complain about the work of import-substituted navigation SSJ100

Air carriers using Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ) aircraft complained about the operation of the built-in navigation base of the aircraft. About it writes “Kommersant”.

The airlines have asked Irkut, which makes Superjets, to allow the installation of alternative navigation databases, as the French company Thales, whose navigation system was used in aircraft, stopped working in Russia on July 1, 2022 and stopped updating the software.

The aircraft building company approved only the use of the database of the St. Petersburg “Avia-briefing”.

The Rossiya airline, which operates the SSJ-100 more often than others, asked Irkut to replace navigation with the development of the state corporation for air traffic management of the Russian Federation. The company recalled that the development is not certified, and therefore cannot be used in aviation.

Most of the pilots interviewed by Kommersant confirmed errors in the operation of the navigation system, but considered them non-critical. From the April minutes of the meeting in Rosaviatsia, it follows that the Avia-briefing databases are criticized by the chief navigators of Gazprom-Avia, Red Wings and Rossiya due to the incompleteness of the information provided and periodic failures.

According to representatives of Irkut, operators using Avia Briefing navigation have not filed formal complaints about the system. “Irkut Corporation provides support for testing to ensure certification work,” the corporation’s press service said.

Now the fleet of Russian air carriers has about 150 SSJ-100 aircraft. By forecasts Irkut, by 2030 the SSJ-100 fleet may be reduced to 28 “old” aircraft. This is due to “a shortage of replacement engines and the inability to repair its” hot part “.” Rostec reduction of SSJ-100 aircraft fleet refuted.