In a deal valued at approximately $154 million, GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) will acquire five Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets for subsequent lease to St. Louis, Mo.-based GoJet Airlines for the carrier's United Express service. Four of the aircraft are conversions of existing GECAS CRJ700 conditional orders and one is a new firm order. GoJet is a subsidiary of Trans States Holdings Inc. Delivery of the five aircraft to GoJet will increase its CRJ700 fleet to 15 aircraft. The CRJ700 airliner in the United Express configuration has 66 seats - six first class seats, 28 economy plusSM seats and 22 economy seats. Trans States also serves as an AmericanConnection and USAirways Express using a mix of British Aerospace Jetstream 41s and Embraer 145s.

Macedonian Airlines (MAT), the designated flag carrier of Macedonia, took delivery of a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet on April 13. In addition to this firm-ordered aircraft, the contract with MAT also includes conditional orders for two additional CRJ900 airliners. The list price value for the delivered aircraft is approximately US $35 million. Macedonian Airlines, formed in 1994, links Skopje with several European points. Configured at 86 seats, the MAT CRJ900 aircraft will replace a Boeing 737 and Fokker 100 at the airline. MAT will offer a dual-class configuration with moveable cabin dividers that will allow them to re-configure the cabin to meet demand. Macedonian Airlines joins 17 other customers that have placed firm orders for a total of 367 CRJ700, CRJ705 and CRJ900 airliners.