Oct 19 2012
Updating the reports on the ARJ21 regional jet program, a series of milestone tests have been passed over the last few months but have not been widely reported. On September 21, 2012, 90 passengers and four crew members evacuated an aircraft in 57 seconds, well within the 90-second evacuation requirement. The program has also completed …
Oct 17 2012
Announced on October 16th, 2012, Finnair and Flybe have signed an agreement which will have Flybe operate Finnair’s Embraer 190 aircraft as of October 28, 2012. Under the agreement, Finnair will transfer the operation of its twelve 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft to Flybe and Flybe will operate these aircraft for Finnair as contract flights. Finnair …
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 14 2012
With the recent sale of MRJs to Skywest, Mitsubishi continues to press forwards on locating other customers for its MRJ program. An interior cabin mockup of the MRJ was put on display for the first time at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition 2012, which opened Tuesday, October 9th in Nagoya, Japan. The MRJ is designed …
