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Citation
(1999), "Regional jet order", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 71 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1999.12771aab.054
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Regional jet order
Regional jet order
Keywords Bombardier, COMAIR
COMAIR, the North American launch customer for the Canadair Regional Jet and the largest fleet operator of the aircraft type, has signed a ten-year agreement with Bombardier Aerospace involving the largest single Canadair Regional Jet transaction in the history of the program. The contract calls for firm orders for 30 CRJ Series 100 and 20 Series 700 models. Also, the agreement raises COMAIR's CRJ Series 100 options by 30 to 45 and secures 70 Series 700 options for the airline.
The firm orders are valued in excess of US$1 billion (Cdn$1.5 billion). It is the first order for the 70-seat Series 700 from Delta Connection carrier COMAIR.
Deliveries of COMAIR's latest Series 100 aircraft will begin m September 1999 while the airline's Series 700 deliveries commence in the fourth quarter of 2001.