Oct 03 2013
Bombardier announced on Ocotber 4, 2013 that Luxair placed a firm order for a single Q400 NextGen aircraft and has placed an option for one additional Q400 NextGen aircraft. Luxair currently operates six Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft. This order increases firm orders for Q400 and Q400 NextGen turboprops to 476 aircraft.
Oct 02 2013
ATR announced on October 1, 2013 that it had received an order from Garuda Indonesia to purchase 25 ATR 72-600 with options on 10 further examples. The airline chose the ATR 72 over the Q400 aircraft for various reasons including that the price of the ATRs were significantly less than the Q400s that Bombardier offered. Bombardier …
Sep 26 2013
Comac has indicated that the company’s plan for the ARJ21 program is to have the aircraft certified in 2014 with first delivery to Chengdu Airlines by the end of that year. Comac revealed at the Aviation Expo in Beijing that the ARJ21 had recently completed tests for the emergency release of the aircraft’s landing gear, a …
Sep 16 2013
FTV-1, the prototype CSeries aircraft successfully undertook its maiden flight on the morning of Monday, September 16th, 2013. The flight marks the start of the CSeries aircraft’s flight test program leading up to first customer delivery. The maiden flight was also the first flight for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower engine as part of the CSeries aircraft …
