Passaredo takes leased ATR 72-600, orders 10
May 22, 2012Brazilian regional airline Passaredo Linhas Aéreas has taken delivery of a new ATR 72-600 from Air Lease Corporation (ALC), having agreed to lease four of the type; the carrier...
Aeroflot’s 8th SSJ100 enters revenue service
May 25, 2012The eighth Sukhoi Superjet 100 to join Aeroflot’s fleet, named after former Aeroflot pilot Evgeny Barabash, has successfully completed its first scheduled flight on the Moscow–Kazan...
flydubai seals sale/leaseback for two more 737-800s
May 27, 2012flydubai has signed with Pembroke, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank specialising in aircraft leasing, financing and management services, to finance two Boeing 737...
RAA2012: Silver lining up more routes
May 23, 2012Silver Airways says it has many opportunities to build further routes for its three networks and aims to have a fleet of 25 Saab 340Bplus aircraft by this time next year to support those...
RAA2012: ExpressJet nears integration completion
May 23, 2012ExpressJet’s integration following its merger with Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is almost complete according to its president Brad Holt, with the final elements being nego...
RAA2012: More interlining deals likely, says Great Lakes’ Howell
May 23, 2012Great Lakes Airlines’ president Chuck Howell believes there will be a growth in interline agreements with small regionals as majors go through dropping out of markets and not wanting...
RAA2012: Horizon turns round pre-tax margin
May 23, 2012Horizon Air has gone from negative pre-tax margins of 2%-3% over 2007-09 to a positive pre-tax margin of 7.9% for the first quarter of 2012, announced the airline’s president, Glenn...
RAA2012: Cape Air continues investment in Cessna 402s
May 23, 2012Although seeking a manufacturer to build a successor to its Cessna 402s, Cape Air is still investing in the type with a 68th aircraft joining the fleet and work being done to extend the...
RAA2012: Still a role for RJ50s, says SkyWest’s Childs
May 23, 2012SkyWest Airlines believes there is still a significant role for its Bombardier CRJ200s to play in its fleet for some time to come, according to its president Chip Childs.
RAA2012: American Eagle sell-off still likely
May 23, 2012Despite the business plan reorganisation plan filed under Chapter 11 bankruptcy for American Eagle envisaging Eagle to be a retained entity within AMR Group, a sell-off is still likely...
RAA2012: Island Air prepares for fleet switch
May 23, 2012Island Air is preparing to begin its fleet rollover from Bombardier turboprops to ATRs with the first ATR 72-212 set to arrive in September.
RAA2012: Republic happy with Frontier restructuring, Chautauqua next
May 23, 2012Republic Airways Holdings’ chairman, president and CEO, Bryan Bedford, says that the group’s restructuring work at its subsidiary Frontier Airlines during most of 2011 has...
RAA2012: Republic still believes in CSeries
May 23, 2012Although concerned by the sales progress of the Bombardier CSeries, Republic Airways Holdings’ chairman, president and CEO, Bryan Bedford, believes the aircraft family will still...
RAA2012: P&WC runs demo compressor for new turboprop engine
May 22, 2012Pratt & Whitney Canada has begun the first test run of the demo compressor for its Next Generation Regional Turboprop (NGRT).
RAA2012: First PW1100G for A320neo to test by year-end
May 22, 2012The first engine to test (FETT) in the PW1100G development programme for the Airbus A320neo family will run by end of 2012.
RAA2012: Republic Airlines signs with Bombardier for Q400 support
May 22, 2012Republic Airlines, one of the three airline subsidiaries of Republic Airways Holdings, has signed a nine-year heavy maintenance agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for the 32 Q400s it will...
RAA2012: Bombardier commissions hydraulic system on CSeries CIASTA
May 22, 2012Bombardier Aerospace has commissioned the hydraulic system for its Complete Integrated Aircraft Systems Test Area (CIASTA), the rig based at the company’s Mirabel facility which...
RAA2012: SSJ100 production continues despite ‘heartfelt’ loss
May 22, 2012Superjet International (SJI) has confirmed that there will be no change in the production schedule of Sukhoi Superjet 100s following the crash of a test aircraft earlier in May.
RAA2012: New turbofan and turboprop engines being readied at GE
May 22, 2012GE Aviation is continuing to develop the NG34 turbofan and CPX38 turboprop engines for new aircraft or re-engining programmes with the potenital to come to market in the second half of...
RAA2012: Earliest EIS date of 2017 for 100-seat MRJ
May 22, 2012Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MITAC) says that the earliest date for entry into service of a 100-seat member of its MRJ family, currently referred to as the MRJ100X, would be 2017,...
