October 2012 archive

Jetairfly to lease two Embraer 190s

Jetairfly

TUI Travel announced on October 3rd, 2012, that it would be leasing two Embraer 190 aircraft from BOC Aviation. The two aircraft are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2013 to Jetairfly, the Belgian subsidiary of TUI. The aircraft will be configured with 112 seats in a single-class layout.  The aircraft are …

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Cosmo Airlines purchases PLUNA CRJ-900s at auction

During an auction on October 1st, 2012, the Uruguayan government sold the Spanish charter airline Cosmo seven CRJ-900s that has been previously operated by PLUNA airlines. The airline plans to operate the CRJs on charter operations within Europe for the winter 2012 travel season. Previously Cosmo had operated two A320s on ACMI leases from other …

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Historical CRJ Operators – Swedjet Airways

SwedJet Route Map

This is one in an ongoing series of articles on Winglets that will summarize past airlines and other operators of CRJ aircraft that are no longer in existence. SwedJet Airways AB IATA Code: VD ICAO Code: BBB Callsign: BLACKBIRD Swedish Airline Never Operated, Founded 2004 Number of CRJs Ordered: 1 CRJ-200 which was painted in the …

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Sky Regional Airlines to operate Embraers for Air Canada

In an announcement from Air Canada on October 1st, 2012,  the airline plans to transfer its fleet of Embraer 175s to its regional partner  Sky Regional Airlines early in 2013. Sky Regional has been operating Air Canada’s services from Toronto Island using a fleet of five Bombardier DHC-8Q-400s. The transfer of the Embraers will mean …

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