SkyWest order for 25 E175s
Embraer and SkyWest announced a deal for 25 E175s. Ten of these are 76-seaters for Alaska Airlines. The other fifteen are for Delta Air lines but only have 70 seats. The Delta aircraft are named E175 SC. SkyWest notes the…
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Premium #342 – Aircraft transactions through July
Despite the slower activity at air shows, the commercial aircraft business is not moribund. There has been quite a bit of action among airlines. The first table shows the top 20 airlines in terms of fleet changes. The list is…
Embraer enables St. Helena air service
Today an important flight took place between the African mainland and St. Helena. Using an E-190, Airlink undertook a “proving flight” from Windhoek in Namibia to the island. The over water portion of the flight took nearly four hours. The…
The GTF push-back starts
The general sense among many industry observers is that the Pratt & Whitney GTF is having a tough settling in period. The most vocal critics have tended to be from India, where the largest GTF powered fleet of A320neos are…
Embraer solves St. Helena connection problem
For months the inhabitants of the Atlantic island of St. Helena have faced a connectivity problem. The mailship from Cape Town broke down near the end of its life and the there was no way to get on or off…
Delta reaffirms CSeries commitment
In the quarterly earnings report yesterday, Delta’s Glen Hauenstein announced the airline would base its first CS100 in New York. The idea is to relieve that hub of the 76-seaters which be moved elsewhere to replace the 50-seaters which will…