The Malaysian airline Firefly took delivery of its first new ATR 72-600 aircraft on July 5, 2013. This represents the first of 20 ATR 72-600s ordered by Malaysia Airlines for Firefly in December 2012 with options on 16 further aircraft for its other regional-airline subsidiary MASwings. Firefly operates 12 ATR 72-500s and with the arrival …
Category: Orders
Jul 03 2013
Azerbaijan Airlines receives first Embraer 190
Azerbaijan Airlines took delivery of its first of four Embraer 190s on July 3rd, 2013. The airline ordered four Embraer 190s in November 2012 and also leased two Embraer 170s. The five remaining aircraft are due to be delivered by the end of 2013. AZAL’s Embraer 190s have a single-class, 106 seat configuration. The Embraer …
Jun 21 2013
New startup Air Lituanica to operate Embraer 170 and 175s
New European start-up airline Air Lituanica announced on June 21st, 2013 that it had completed agreements to operate a pair of Embraer E-Jets with scheduled service to begin on June 30th with one Embraer 170. In July, Air Lituanica will add an Embraer 175 leased from ECC. The E170 and E175 are respectively configured with …
Jun 20 2013
Air Costa leases three Embraer 170s and purchases one Embraer 190
On June 20th, 2013, Embraer announced Air Costa has leased two Embraer 170s ECC Leasing and also purchased one new Embraer 190 from Embraer. The order was already included in Embraer’s backlog as an undisclosed customer. Embraer has delivered over 950 E-Jets which are operated by 65 airlines in 47 countries.