Category: Orders

IFC to lease five CSeries to Vim Airlines

Bombardier announced on August 29th, 2013, at the MAKS 2013 Air Show in Moscow, that IIyushin Finance will lease five CS300 aircraft to Vim Airlines. IFC earlier in 2013 agreed to an order for 32 of the aircraft from Bombardier, with options for 10 additional aircraft. Vim Airlines will be IFC’s first lessee of the …

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Aurigny places order for Embraer 195 for 2014

Aurigny Embraer 195

On August 12, 2013, Aurigny Airlines announced that it had ordered a single Embraer 195 for delivery by the middle of 2014. The airline also noted that because of the delay in obtaining the new aircraft directly from Embraer, it would be wet leasing a similar aircraft for a short period of time. The need …

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Republic Airways begins American Eagle Embraer 175 Operations

American Eagle E175

On August 1, 2013, Republic Airways began operation Embraer 175s on the behalf of American Airlines under American Eagle branding and in the new American Airlines colour scheme. Two aircraft will be delivered each month, and as the Embraer 175 fleet grows, service will expand to Kansas City, Minneapolis, Toronto and Washington. The aircraft are …

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CRJ900 order book reduced by eight aircraft

On July 31, 2013, Bombardier made a change to the company’s listed backlog of aircraft orders for the CRJ-900 aircraft. Orders were reduced by eight aircraft when orders by an unidentified customer, or customers, were cancelled. Bombardier has indicated orders for the CRI-900 from Delta Air Lines with 40 aircraft, the Iraqi Government with 4 aircraft, Tatarstan Aircompany with …

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