Chorus Aviation subsidiary Jazz Aviation has received Transport Canada certification for Jazz Technical Services (JTS) to perform airframe heavy maintenance on Embraer 135 and Embraer 145 regional aircraft. JTS is…
A dozen Embraer E190-E2 regional jets have been ordered by Swiss airline Helvetic Airways, firming up a Letter of Intent (LoI) first revealed at the Farnborough Airshow. The firm order…
Russia’s Aeroflot has received its fiftieth Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100), concluding the delivery of aircraft ordered via two separate contracts for 30 and 20 respectively. The aircraft was named after…
Dublin-based lessor AerCap Holdings has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which is going on lease to China Southern Airlines. The MAX 8 is the first…
The Lufthansa Group has converted existing purchase options for 24 Airbus A320neo and three A321neo into firm orders, in a deal valued at approximately US$3 billion. The agreement brings the…
CityJet has signed a sale and lease back transaction with regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord for two Bombardier CRJ900 ERs on 10-year operating lease terms. Pat Byrne, Cityjet’s CEO, sees the…
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s FAST (Flight Data Acquisition, Storage and Transmission) engine diagnostics and prognostics solution for regional airlines now has over 400 installations in service. According to Frederic Lefebvre,…
New Caledonia-based carrier Aircalin has partnered with SITAONAIR to add the Internet ONAIR solution to its fleet. The airline, based in the French territory in the south-west Pacific, selected the…
LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. With airline margins coming under increasing pressure, according to IATA’s latest data, the need to…
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has received approval from the US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) for the extension of maintenance intervals on its CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000 aircraft. The line maintenance intervals…