Comac announced its future plans for production of the ARJ21 and C919 programs. The company expects to produce 50 ARJ21s annually by 2014 and 150 C919s by 2020. There are four ARJ21s being used in the program’s flight testing currently. The first C919 is now scheduled to make its first flight in 2014 and enter …
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Oct 24 2012
Embraer reports financials for third quarter of 2012
On October 23rd, 2012, Embraer announced that for the third quarter of 2012 it made a profit of $65.4 million. This is in comparison to the third quarter of 2011 where the company suffered a marginal loss. Net revenue in the third quarter rose 25.7% from a year earlier. Embraer delivered 46 aircraft during the …
Oct 22 2012
US Army issues tender to purchase used ERJ-145 for testing
The U.S. Army issued a requirement for an Embraer 145 regional jet to be used for destructive testing purposes at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland on October 17th, 2012. The requirement notes that the aircraft, which should be almost entirely intact, would be delivered over land to the test site and then would …
Oct 21 2012
Rwandair takes delivery of first CRJ-900
The first of two Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen aircraft was delivered to RwandAir on October 19, 2012. This delivery marks RwandAir as the first operator of a CRJ-900 aircraft in Eastern Africa. The aircraft is CRJ-900 NextGen MSN 15286 registration 9XR-WH. The airline has an additional CRJ-900 on order and expects to take delivery of that aircraft …