S7 Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) has taken delivery of its maiden E170 following the arrival of VQ-BBO (msn 17000013) at Moscow Domodedovo this week. The Embraer twinjet is one of seventeen the Russian carrier has agreed to lease from GECAS.

As previously reported, the fleet will be deployed to three S7 bases - Moscow Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, and St. Petersburg - with domestic Russian and regional European operations set to commence later this quarter.