Despite the international sanctions a lot of Russian aircraft are around in Istanbul including this Sukhoi Superjet SSJ 100-95B (RA-89156) of Azimuth Airlines.

Despite the international sanctions a lot of Russian aircraft are around in Istanbul including this Sukhoi Superjet SSJ 100-95LR (RA-89078) of IrAero.

Despite the international sanctions a lot of Russian aircraft are around in Istanbul including this Sukhoi Superjet SSJ 100-95B (RA-89158) of Red Wings Airlines.

Despite the international sanctions a lot of Russian aircraft are around in Istanbul including this Sukhoi Superjet SSJ 100-95LR (RA-89096) of Azimuth Airlines.

Pictured about to touch down on rw13R after arriving from Moscow (SVO).

Catch of the trip, this Sukhoi Superjet, is my first and only one caught so far. Its stay in Thailand was brief before returning to Russia.

Delivered new 21st Jan 2022

Delivered new 16th Oct 2019

Built for CityJet Ireland but this was not taken up and delivered to Red Wings as RA-89196 27th Dec 2021

Climbing away from Runway 12 while carrying out training at Prestwick. Leased by Brussels Airlines in 2017. By 2019 stored as 9H-SJB.

May/2021 to Rossiya as "Тольятти / Tolyatti"

Written off 5-May-2019 at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE). Aeroflot flight SU1492 from Moscow (SVO) to Murmansk (MMK)

This is the first and so far only Sukhoi SSJ 100-95LR in the Rossiya fleet. Delivered by end of December 2022.

Surprisingly, it appears that this is the first upload for the vast new Istanbul Airport, built in just four years and opened in 2018 to take over from Atatürk. Much rare traffic can be seen, more than at the old airport, particularly from Libya, Iran and controversially Russia, with some fueling companies still prepared to supply several Russian airlines carrying tourists. Thanks to sanctions meaning stolen western types are likely to be seized outside of Russia, much reliance is being placed on the homegrown SSJ, this one arriving here as WZ1903 from Stavropol and departing to Makhachkala.