Category: Fleet Update

SkyWest signs agreement to operate CRJ200s as US Airways Express

SkyWest Airlines signed an agreement to operate 14 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet Series 200 aircraft on Phoenix based US Airways Express services from 2012, adding US Airways to its capacity purchase agreements with mainline US carriers. The three-year agreement, subject to approvals, also provides options to upgrade to larger CRJ700 series aircraft should demand on …

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First Virgin Australia Embraer 190 seen

Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 VH-ZPR

Australian Aviation.com has reported that Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 VH-ZPR has become the first E-190 to wear the airline’s new livery.. The aircraft was spotted also wearing the wearing the name Dundee Beach, at Sydney on July 27. The E-190 had first been delivered to Virgin Blue/Australia in Brisbane on April 4 wearing an all-white …

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Eighth Customer Orders 10 CSeries Aircraft

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that an unidentified European airline has placed a firm order for 10 Bombardier CS100 aircraft. According to the news release, this airline is a first-time buyer of Bombardier aircraft, no other details were given. CSeries aircraft customers include Republic Airways (40 CS300 aircraft), Deutsche Lufthansa AG (30 CS100 aircraft), Lease Corporation …

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Kenya Airways orders ten Embraer 190s at Paris Air Show

Kenya Airways Embraer 190

Kenya Airways signed a letter of intent for ten Embraer 190 aircraft at the Paris Air Show today. The first Embraer 190 would be delivered in the second half of 2012, and the carrier has options for an additional ten Embraer 190s. The airline has five Embraer 190s on order and received its second aircraft …

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