Oct 25 2012
This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets. MSN 7008 N5100X, N501LS, N601LS Eighth Canadair Regional Jet Built First CRJ Special Edition aircraft built Originally operated for Xerox Corporation, then sold to Boston Enterprises/The Limited Stores. Currently active with Boston Enterprises Executive aircraft configuration Aircraft History 7008 …
Oct 24 2012
On October 23rd, 2012, Embraer announced that for the third quarter of 2012 it made a profit of $65.4 million. This is in comparison to the third quarter of 2011 where the company suffered a marginal loss. Net revenue in the third quarter rose 25.7% from a year earlier. Embraer delivered 46 aircraft during the …
Oct 22 2012
The U.S. Army issued a requirement for an Embraer 145 regional jet to be used for destructive testing purposes at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland on October 17th, 2012. The requirement notes that the aircraft, which should be almost entirely intact, would be delivered over land to the test site and then would …
Oct 21 2012
The first of two Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen aircraft was delivered to RwandAir on October 19, 2012. This delivery marks RwandAir as the first operator of a CRJ-900 aircraft in Eastern Africa. The aircraft is CRJ-900 NextGen MSN 15286 registration 9XR-WH. The airline has an additional CRJ-900 on order and expects to take delivery of that aircraft …
