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JetBlue [Nasdaq: JBLU] has become the first low-cost, low-fare U.S. carrier to order regional jets, ordering 100 Embraer 190s with options on an additional 100. Total value of the order, including options, is $6 billion. First deliveries will be in 2005. JetBlue currently operates a fleet of 42 Airbus A320s...

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• JetBlue [Nasdaq: JBLU] has become the first low-cost, low-fare U.S. carrier to order regional jets, ordering 100 Embraer 190s with options on an additional 100. Total value of the order, including options, is $6 billion. First deliveries will be in 2005. JetBlue currently operates a fleet of 42 Airbus A320s and has placed an order for 115 more.

 

• Mesa (Nasdaq:MESA) has begun daily nonstop roundtrip service between Montreal, Quebec and Charlotte, N.C., using the 50-seat CRJ200. Mesa is flying the route as a US Airways Express carrier. US Airways Express already operates six-daily nonstop flights between Montreal and New York's LaGuardia airport; four daily Montreal-Pittsburgh nonstop roundtrip flights; and three daily nonstop frequencies between Montreal and Philadelphia.

 

• Caribbean Sun Airlines has signed a code-share agreement with US Airways (OTC BB:USALAOB) for service between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the islands of Antigua, St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Tortola. First code-share flights began June 15. Caribbean Sun operates 37-seat deHavilland Dash 8-100 aircraft. It will connect in San Juan to US Airways flights to Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. The marketing agreement also includes affiliation through US Airways' frequent flyer program.

 

• SN Brussels Airlines has signed a code-share agreement with Croatian Airlines for service between Brussels and Zagreb and Split. The service will be five times a week between Brussels and Zagreb and twice a week between Brussels and Split using A319s or BAe 146s in a two-class configuration.

 

• InterSky, a Berne, Switzerland-based regional, will replace SWISS on the Paris-Berne route beginning June 30. InterSky currently flies between Berne and Vienna and Berlin Templehof using a Bombardier Q300. A second Q300 is on order. Along with taking over the Berne-Paris route, the regional has also agreed to provide service to Elbe Island.

 

• Air Omega, an Augsburg, Germany-based cargo operator, has purchased two Fairchild Dornier328JETs and signed a lease agreement for two more to introduce passenger service from Augsburg to Berline Templehoff, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. Total value of the contract is $44 million. The two leased aircraft will be leased from Ozark Management for introduction of service next month. The two purchased 328JETs will be delivered ready for service later this year. Armin Peuker, Air Omega CEO, said that the 328JETs were selected over the competition because of their short field performance, cabin size and the quality of the Dornier product. "Runway length at our Augsburg home base is only 1,200 meters. No other production aircraft could match the 328 payload performance from Augsburg."

 

• AVIC-I, developer of the planned ARJ21 regional jet, has selected the Rockwell Collins' (NYSE:COL) Pro Line 21 avionics system for the new RJ. Rockwell Collins was also named as the avionics system integrator for the aircraft. The ARJ21 will come in two versions, a 79-seat and 99-seat configuration, with an estimated market by the Chinese of 500 aircraft.

 

• Air Sahara will take delivery of four Bombardier CRJ 200s from Birmingham European. The northern Indian regional, formerly Sahara Airways, is based in Delhi and is part of the banking group of the same name. It currently operates with 11 Boeing 737s.

 

• Zodiac, a French equipment and systems supplier for the aviation and aerospace industries, has recently been awarded a Hamilton Sundstrand contract in systems development for the Embraer 170 family. Hamilton Sundstrand selected Zodiac's electrical power control division subsidiary, ECE, to provide the integrated control centers for the primary power distribution of the aircraft. ECE is an industry leader for onboard electrical power management systems and equipment. In addition to supplying the power panels, the company was also selected to provide the landing gear switches, nose steering pedal revolvers, and cockpit toggle switches.