The Malaysian airline Firefly took delivery of its first new ATR 72-600 aircraft on July 5, 2013. This represents the first of 20 ATR 72-600s ordered by Malaysia Airlines for Firefly in December 2012 with options on 16 further aircraft for its other regional-airline subsidiary MASwings. Firefly operates 12 ATR 72-500s and with the arrival …
Category: Fleet Update
Jul 05 2013
Wideroe extends service life of five Dash 8-100s
Wideroe had completed a Extended-Service Program on the first five aircraft in its Dash 8-100 fleet. These aircraft had been nearing the end of their original service life, but the airline saw that refurbishing these aircraft made economic sense. As such, the airline established life-extension modifications as part of an Extended-Service Program. The airline believes …
Jul 03 2013
Azerbaijan Airlines receives first Embraer 190
Azerbaijan Airlines took delivery of its first of four Embraer 190s on July 3rd, 2013. The airline ordered four Embraer 190s in November 2012 and also leased two Embraer 170s. The five remaining aircraft are due to be delivered by the end of 2013. AZAL’s Embraer 190s have a single-class, 106 seat configuration. The Embraer …