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April 11, 2005
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BAe Lufthansa Regional airlines, in a three-part deal with BAe Regional Aircraft, has leased 11 additional BAe 146-300s and the carriers have extended the leases of three Avro RJ85s. With this deal, the Lufthansa Regional carriers will be the largest fleet of...
April 4, 2005
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ATR UT Air, a Russian carrier, is purchasing two ATR 42-300s from ATR as the foundation to develop a regional market in Khanty-Mansiysk. The first plane will be delivered in June from the fleet of Continental Airlines [CAL]. UT Air is the first Russian...
March 28, 2005
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Harbin Embraer China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu became the second Chinese carrier to order ERJ 145s to be built in China by Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry. China Eastern ordered five ERJ 145s in a deal valued at about $110 million. The airplanes will be...
March 14, 2005
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Embraer Chautauqua Airlines, a unit of Republic Airways [RJET], has contracted with Embraer [ERJ] to manage and streamline the company's spare parts inventory. The Embraer collaborative inventory planning program reduces delivery times for more than 2,700...
March 7, 2005
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Bombardier By redesigning the leading edges of the wings and its winglets on the CRJ 900 series, Bombardier [BBD] has increased the efficiency of its largest RJ. The changes result in less drag and greater fuel efficiency. The CRJ 900 will now be capable of...
February 28, 2005
New 'Black Boxes' Will Cost Industry $256M
It will cost the airline industry an estimated $256 million to upgrade the "black box" recorders, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimate. In a newly proposed FAA rule, the government wants all commercial...
February 28, 2005
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Bombardier While Bombardier [BBD] delivered five more airplanes in its fiscal year that ended Jan. 31, 2005, compared to the 324 delivered the previous 12 months, the Canadian firm delivered 32 fewer regional aircraft. It delivered 100 CRJ 200s compared to...
January 3, 2005
Briefs
In a complex deal, Delta Air Lines [DAL] has hired Republic Airways [RJET] to fly 16 Embraer [ERJ] 170s as an expansion of its Delta Connection contract. As it orders the 70-seat RJs, Republic will be canceling an order for eight ERJ 145s which were to be...
November 22, 2004
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In what may strike many as a surprise decision, Air Canada [ACE] is buying its next 73-seat RJ from Brazil's Embraer [ERJ], not Canada's Bombardier [BBD]. An Air Canada spokesman declined to go into details on the decision. With its firm order for 15 Embraer...
November 15, 2004
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Landsflug, an Iceland-based carrier, purchased a Dornier 228-202K from Air Wales. Landsflug is a new airline that purchased the domestic schedule and charter flights of Islandsflug. Its fleet consists of two Dornier 228s and one Piper Chieftain. With the...
November 8, 2004
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Cairo-based Petroleum Air Services ordered one more Bombardier [BBD] Q300 valued at $16 million. The 50-seat turboprop will be delivered in the first quarter of 2005. The Egyptian firm had previously ordered three Q300s. This latest order represents the...
November 1, 2004
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Panama's Copa Airlines ordered 10 Embraer [ERJ] 190s with the first to be delivered in November 2005. Configured to carry 94 passengers in a two-class cabin, the plane will be used to fly into smaller markets. Copa currently flies only Boeing [BA] 737s. Copa...
October 18, 2004
Program Gets Some Credit In Alabama
Waterloo is only the third community to be selected for the special DOT designation. Last year's winner, Dothan, Ala., Regional Airport, managed to increase air service and expand an industrial park. Dothan, a community in far southeast Alabama that is near...
October 11, 2004
Airline Labor Notes
ExpressJet [XJT] and its pilots represented by a unit of the Air Line Pilots Association reached an agreement last week after more than two years of mediated negotiations (CRAN, Oct. 4). The terms of the accord, which needs to be submitted to the 2,100 pilots...
October 11, 2004
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Republic Airways Holdings [RJT] has exercised one of its options for an Embraer [ERJ] 170 and placed a firm order. The 70-seat plane, configured into two cabins, will be flown for United Express. The late September order will be booked in Embraer's third...
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