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Superjet International faces liquidation after Leonardo declines work
Superjet International is facing possible liquidation after its latest rescue plan lost crucial support.
Leonardo has said it will not give the company work packages, removing a proposed source of work and support.
The company employs 94 people, and its plan had included a Leonardo service contract that would have covered about 50 of them.
The plan also proposed other work, including aircraft maintenance and cabin upgrades, but the company’s future is now in doubt.
A court in Venice must decide whether the rescue plan is credible and financially sustainable or whether to order liquidation.
The unions want Leonardo to help move workers into jobs at its Tessera sites or other locations, with transfers elsewhere voluntary.
Workers are due to meet on Monday, and a court hearing on liquidation is set for 24 November.
Superjet International is facing possible liquidation after Leonardo declined to support it with work packages.
A court in Venice is due to assess whether the company’s industrial recovery plan is credible and financially sustainable.
The plan includes aircraft maintenance and cabin upgrades, but relied in part on a service contract with Leonardo.
The unions are urging Leonardo to help relocate workers, including to its sites in the Venice area.
Superjet has 94 employees, and its lease decision means it will leave one of its two Tessera facilities.
A hearing on judicial liquidation is scheduled for 24 November 2026.
- Who
- Superjet International, Leonardo, the company’s employees and trade unions.
- What
- Superjet faces possible judicial liquidation after Leonardo declined to assign it work packages.
- When
- The report was published on 24 October 2026; a liquidation hearing is scheduled for 24 November.
- Where
- Venice and Tessera, in Italy.
- Why
- Leonardo’s refusal removes a source of work and support included in Superjet’s recovery plan, leaving the company’s future in doubt.
Trade unions
Leonardo
Work for Superjet
Trade unions
The unions say Leonardo should intervene and create opportunities to relocate Superjet employees.
Leonardo
Leonardo will not support Superjet by assigning it work packages.
Employee relocation
Trade unions
The unions want workers offered roles at Leonardo’s Tessera divisions or, voluntarily, at other sites in Italy.
Leonardo
Not stated.
Superjet submitted additional documents to the judge for its industrial recovery plan.
At a meeting in Venice, the company said Leonardo would not assign work packages to Superjet.
The report said Venice Mayor Simone Venturini might contact the government and that workers were due to meet on Monday.
A hearing on judicial liquidation is scheduled.
- Employees
- 94 people currently work at Superjet International.
- Potential Leonardo service contract
- The plan envisaged work for about 50 employees.
- Hearing
- 24 November 2026, in the liquidation proceedings.
- Tessera facilities
- Superjet plans to leave one of its two facilities.
- Recovery plan
- Includes maintenance, aircraft cabin upgrades and sale of two aircraft held at Tessera.
What people are saying
riteniamo che si debbano creare opportunità per ricollocare le lavoratrici e i lavoratori nelle divisioni presenti a Tessera o in alternativa su base volontaria in altre sedi su territorio nazionale