This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets. MSN 7007 C-FMKV, D-ACLH, OY-RJD Seventh Canadair Regional Jet Built Operated for Lufthansa Cityline and Cimber Air. Originally a RJ100ER, converted to RJ100LR configuration, then to RJ200LR configuration. Aircraft History C-FMKV, 7007, was the seventh Canadair Regional Jet built …
October 2012 archive
Oct 14 2012
Mitsubishi’s MRJ sales program presses on
With the recent sale of MRJs to Skywest, Mitsubishi continues to press forwards on locating other customers for its MRJ program. An interior cabin mockup of the MRJ was put on display for the first time at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2012, which opened Tuesday, October 9th in Nagoya, Japan. The MRJ is designed …
Oct 13 2012
Kenya Airways takes delivery of 900th Embraer EJet built
On October 10th, 2012, Embraer delivered the 900th E-Jet built, an Embraer 190, to Kenya Airways. Kenya Airways’ Embraer 190s are configured in a dual-class layout with 96 seats, 12 in business class and 84 in economy. The airline currently operates five Embraer 170s and seven Embraer 190s. The airline has seven more Embraer 190 …
Oct 12 2012
Embraer reports Third Quarter deliveries and backlog reduced
Third quarter results for 2012 from Embraer were released and showed that the manufacturer’s backlog of aircraft is shrinking as are the number of aircraft delivered. Embraer’s report stated that deliveries of commercial and executive aircraft fell in the third quarter of 2012 from a year earlier. 27 commercial aircraft and 13 executive aircraft were …