Category: Orders

China Express Airlines orders nine CRJ900 NextGen aircraft

China Express Airlines CRJ900 NextGen

China Express Airlines has been announced as the previously undisclosed customer for six Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, with the possible addition of a further five options. Bombardier announced in October of 2011 that it had secured a conditional purchase agreement with an unnamed Chinese airline for six CRJ900 NextGens and five options. This announcement is …

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Bulgaria Air places order for Embraer 190s

Bulgaria Air

Bulgaria Air announced that the airline would be placing an order with Embraer for nine Embraer 190 aircraft to be delivered in full by the end of 2014. The airline’s plan is to increase its weakly frequency of flights to some European destinations and relaunch its flights to Prague with the addition of the Embraer 190s …

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Estonian Air update on Embraer switch

Further to earlier reports on Estonian Air switching from Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft to Embraer 170s and 190s, further details have become available. The airline will lease four Embraer 170 aircraft from Finnair this month and is in talks with Embraer and aircraft leasing companies for eight more aircraft Estonian Air said in an e-mailed statement on February …

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Startup California Pacific Airlines to operate Embraer 170s

California Pacific Airlines, a start-up regional airline based in Carlsbad, has completed the first phase of the Federal Aviation Administration process for commercial flight certification and is on course to begin service later in 2012 operating Embraer 170 aircraft to start. The airline has leased their first two planes, which are expected to be delivered …

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