Dec 10 2012

The History of Canadair Regional Jet MSN 7013

This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets.

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7013 N915CA in service with Comair in Delivery Colour Scheme (Photo By: RedRipper24)

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7013
N915CA in service with Comair in Delivery Colour Scheme
(Photo By: RedRipper24)

  • MSN 7013
  • C-FMLQ, N915CA
  • Thirteenth Canadair Regional Jet Built
  • Operated for Comair only.
  • Scrapped at Chicago Rockford International Airport

Aircraft History

C-FMLQ, 7013, was the thirteenth Canadair Regional Jet built and was the third CRJ delivered to Comair. It began its service life with Comair in June 1993 and was configured as a RJ100ER aircraft. 7013 spent its entire service life with with Comair and was seen in the 1993, 1997 and 2000 Delta liveries that Comair operated its fleet under as part of the Delta Connection.

7013 was retired from service with Comair in February 2010 and was scrapped at Chicago Rockford International Airport in Illinois.

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7013 N915CA retired from service with Comair in Partial 2000 Colour Scheme (Photo By: Mark Pasqualino)

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7013
N915CA retired from service with Comair in Partial 2000 Colour Scheme
(Photo By: Mark Pasqualino)

Dec 07 2012

Unnamed Chinese Customer orders seven CRJ700 NextGens

Bombardier_logoBombardier Aerospace announced on December 6th, 2012 that an undisclosed customer in China had signed a purchase agreement for seven CRJ700 NextGen aircraft.

The interesting part of this announcement was that Bombardier’s press release indicated that this sale would be a: “… great step in establishing the CRJ700 NextGen aircraft as an excellent special mission aircraft.”

The question is, what does that mean exactly? It is possible that the aircraft will be used in a VIP capacity, but since other Bombardier aircraft, notably the Global Express, DHC-8 and CL-415, have been used in a military role, the same may occur with these aircraft.

No further information was released by Bombardier with regards to the planned use of the aircraft in question or who the operator would be.

More than 100 Bombardier aircraft, including CRJ Series and Q-Series commercial aircraft, as well as Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets, are currently operating in China.

Dec 06 2012

Delta places order for 40 CRJ 900NextGens with 30 options

Bombardier Aerospace announced on December 6th, 2012  that Delta Air Lines placed a firm order for 40 CRJ900 NextGen regional aircraft and has taken options on an additional 30 CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.

The aircraft will be configured with 76 seats in a two-class cabin and will be operated by Delta Connection carriers to be determined by Delta Air Lines. Delta Connection carriers currently operate 466 CRJ aircraft: 286 CRJ200s, 79 CRJ700s and 101 CRJ900s – making the combined carrier the world’s largest CRJ operator. The CRJ900s currently operated in the Delta Connection fleet include 57 examples flown by Pinnacle Airlines, 16 aircraft by ExpressJet Airlines and 28 operated by SkyWest Airlines.

Including this order from Delta Air Lines, Bombardier has firm orders for 1,775 CRJ Series aircraft, including 314 CRJ900 and CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.

Worldwide, CRJs are in service with more than 60 airlines and more than 30 corporate variants of the aircraft operate worldwide. CRJs operate in over 50 countries on six continents, and on average, a CRJ aircraft takes off every ten seconds somewhere in the world.

CRJ Series aircraft have transported more than 1.2 billion passengers and have logged more than 34 million flight hours and over 28 million takeoffs and landings.

Dec 05 2012

The History of Canadair Regional Jet MSN 7012

This is one in a series of articles on Winglets which track the histories of Canadair Regional Jets.

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012 N914CA in service with Comair in Delivery Colour Scheme (Photo From Mr. CRJ Collection)

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012
N914CA in service with Comair in Delivery Colour Scheme
(Photo From Mr. CRJ Collection)

  • MSN 7012
  • C-FMLB, N914CA
  • Twelveth Canadair Regional Jet Built
  • Operated for Comair only.

Aircraft History

C-FMLB, 7012, was the twelveth Canadair Regional Jet built and was the second CRJ delivered to Comair. It began its service life with Comair in April 1993 and was configured as a RJ100ER aircraft. 7011 spent its entire service life with with Comair and was seen in all liveries that Comair operated its fleet under as part of the Delta Connection.

7012 was retired from service with Comair in 2010 and was stored at Calgary.

As of October 2012, 7012 was still stored at Calgary.

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012 N914CA in service with Comair in 1997 Colour Scheme (Photo from Mr. CRJ Collection)

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012
N914CA in service with Comair in 1997 Colour Scheme
(Photo from Mr. CRJ Collection)

 

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012 N914CA in service with Comair in 2000 Colour Scheme (Photo By: PHLAIRLINE.COM)

Canadair Regional Jet RJ100ER MSN 7012
N914CA in service with Comair in 2007 Colour Scheme
(Photo By: PHLAIRLINE.COM)