Oct 16 2012
Bombardier announced on October 15th, 2012 that the assembly of the first CSeries flight test vehicle, FTV1, was finally underway after receiving the cockpit and various sections of the plane’s fuselage. Bombardier indicated that it remains on track for the first CSeries flight by the end of 2012. FTV-1 carries the MSN 50001, but the …
Oct 13 2012
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
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 …
Oct 11 2012
On October 10th, 2012, Garuda Indonesia took delivery of the airline’s first CRJ1000 aircraft. The first aircraft is registered as PK-GRA, MSN 19025, and is the 25th CRJ1000 built. The airline plans to base the aircraft at Makassar, on the island of Sulawesi and will be operating the aircraft on routes to Ternate, Lombok, Kendari …
