Sukhoi president Vladimir Prissyashnyuk called the Kartika deal a breakthrough and said he hoped it would pave the way for further sales of the comparatively inexpensive plane in south-east Asia.
Sukhoi belongs to the Russian state holding company UAC. In the future, Sukhoi hopes to produce up to 70 planes annually at its plant in Komsomolsk, some 7,000 kilometres east of Moscow.
Meanwhile the Interfax agency reported that European plane manufactuer Airbus had won an order for 11 of its A330-300 passenger jets from Russian airline Aeroflot.
The order, worth 1.01 billion dollars, was reported from the Farnborough Airshow. The Airbus planes are due for delivery between 2011 and 2013.
