Jan 17 2012
Industry sources indicate that Gulf Air may announce an order for Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft at the 2012 Bahrain Airshow. The airline was planning to introduce 10 regional jets into its fleet, with Embraer, Airbus and Bombardier competing for the order. Bombardier has been reportedly selected as the successful bidder over Airbus and Embraer by Bahrain’s …
Jan 16 2012
WestJet Airlines annoucened today that it is looking at starting a short-haul regional airline as early as 2013. In doing so, WestJet would be in direct competition with its main rival Air Canada, which generally is the only airline that flies into certain smaller Canadian markets with its feeder airline Air Canada Express.. WestJet started …
Jan 13 2012
American Eagle announced that as of January 31, 2012, it will be replacing all of its ATR-72 turboprops now operating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with regional jet equipment. This move is part of parent AMR Corporation’s effort to cut costs and improve productivity while under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The move will mean that …
Jan 12 2012
Embraer reported that their aircraft deliveries for 2011 were at a three year low. The company did also report that at the end of the year there was some increased demand for its E-Jet series aircraft. The Brazilian planemaker ended 2011 with deliveries of 105 commercial and 99 executive jets, missing by 16 its target …
