American Eagle

American Eagle and Executive Airlines are part of an agreement reached between ARINC and American for the long-term renewal of its flight communications contract including ARINC's worldwide GLOBALink/VHF data link service which extends the availability of data link service to remote oceanic and polar regions not covered by standard SATCOM. The agreement also covers Air/Ground Domestic voice service in North America and ARINC Value Added Services including D-ATIS, providing automated delivery of destination weather and terminal conditions.

Embraer

ExpressJet (XJT) took delivery of the 275th Embraer ERJ 145 originally ordered under a contract signed 10 years ago with Continental Express. The airline, the largest operator of the ERJs, with a fleet of 20 135s and 245 145s, took delivery in Sao Jos頤os Campos, Brazil. To date, nearly one thousand ERJ 145 family jets, which seat 37 to 50 passengers, have rolled off the production line. Jets of the ERJ 145 family are now in service with 25 airlines around the world.

Island Air, an airline preferring to stay out of the highly competitive markets that are part of a pitched battle between Hawaiian, Aloha and go!, introduced a new frequent flier program. Island calls it the most generous airline customer rewards program in Hawaii, awarding passengers a free roundtrip ticket for every nine roundtrips or 18 one-way trips. ?

ATR

Air Cal餯nie took delivery of the first of three ATR aircraft with the acceptances of an ATR 42-500 aircraft at ATR's Toulouse base. This aircraft is part of a $50 million contract signed last September that, in addition to the 50-seater, includes two ATR 72-500s. The ATR 42-500 and the two ATR 72-500s will replace the three ATR 42-320s owned by Air Cal餯nie. The airline will take delivery of the two ATR 72-500s at the end of 2006 and in 2007. Since the beginning of the program, ATR has sold 808 aircraft (399 ATR 42s and 409 ATR 72s) and delivered 699 aircraft (385 ATR 42s and 314 ATR 72s). Created in June 1955, the Noumea-based airline Air Cal餯nie covers 98 percent of the whole New Caledonian domestic network.

Taiwan's TransAsia ordered two ATR 72-500s and optioned another in a deal worth $53.7 million. TransAsia Airways will add two new aircraft to its fleet of 10 ATR (3 ATR 72-200 and 7 ATR 72-500). The two new aircraft are scheduled for delivery next year in a 72-seat configuration. Since the beginning of the program, ATR has sold 808 aircraft (399 ATR 42s and 409 ATR 72s) and delivered 696 aircraft (384 ATR 42s and 312 ATR 72s). Since first of January 2005, ATR has received orders for 137 new aircraft, some of which have not yet been announced

Bombardier

Danish regional Cimber Air added two additional Bombardier (BBD) CRJ200s to its fleet of seven CRJs. The airline benefited greatly from running charters of fans attending the World Cup matches. Its business plan calls for an equal split of scheduled and charter services.

Mandarin Airlines chose the Embraer (ERJ) 190 and 195 E-Jets as the core aircraft o its fleet, ordering eight aircraft under operating leases with GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS). The Tapei-based airline is leasing three ERJ 190s and five ERJ 195s, all of which come from the GECAS backlog. They will be ginle class with 104 seats and 116 seats, respectively. Deliveries are scheduled for second quarter 2007, replacing the existing fleet of Fokker 50s and 100s on domestic routes as well as short-haul, intra-regional route development throughout Asia.

Luxair ordered three Bombardier (BBD) Q400s, optioning three more, in an order worth $75.5 million for the firm orders. The national airline of Luxembourg serves Luxembourg and its neighboring regions in Germany, France and Belgium. It carried about 1.1 million passengers in 2005 and had revenues of 325.6 million Euros (Euro). As of April 30, 2006 the Q Series program's order book numbered a total of 822 aircraft, including 177 Q400 airliners.