Dec 03 2012
Air Astana continues its plans to phase out its fleet of Fokker 50 turboprops, with the last two aircraft scheduled to be removed from the airline’s fleet in January 2013. The six aircraft will be replaced by Embraer 190s by the middle of 2013 on a one for one basis. During eight years of service …
Nov 14 2012
Embraer announced a firm order from Azerbaijan Airlines for four new Embraer 190s and two used Embraer 170s on November 14th, 2012. This announcement assists Embraer in maintaining the production line for its Embraer E-Jet series aircraft. Azerbaijan Airlines ordered the two used Embraer 170s through Embraer ECC Leasing. Azerbaijan Airlines will receive two used …
Oct 21 2012
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 …
Oct 12 2012
Third quarter results for 2012 from Embraer were released and showed that the manufacturer’s backlog of aircraft is shrinking as are the number of aircraft delivered. Embraer’s report stated that deliveries of commercial and executive aircraft fell in the third quarter of 2012 from a year earlier. 27 commercial aircraft and 13 executive aircraft were …
