On November 19th, 2013, Bombardier announced that Iraqi Airways had signed a letter of intent to purchase five CS300 aircraft with options on a further 11 CS300s. The agreement was announced at the Dubai Airshow.
The CSeries aircraft will join Iraqi Airways existing CRJ900 NextGen aircraft fleet.
Bombardier has booked orders and commitments for 419 CSeries aircraft. This includes firm orders for 177 CSeries aircraft. At this time there are sixteen customers and lessees who have indicated they will purchase CSeries aircraft.
On November 18th, 2013, Bombardier announced that Palma Holding Limited signed a letter of intent to purchase up to eight Q400 NextGen aircraft. The agreement is for the delivery of four firm aircraft and four options. Palma intends to lease four aircraft onwards to Ethiopian Airlines.
On November 18th, 2013, Bombardier announced that Air Cote d’Ivoire had signed a conditional agreement for two Q400 NextGen aircraft with options for a further two Q400 NextGen aircraft.
Flying Colours delivered its first special mission Bombardier CRJ ExecLiner to Eagle Aviation during the first week of November 2013. The newly refitted aircraft can operate VIP charter, medevac or a combination of the two mission profiles. The refurbishment process took four months and incorporated Flying Colours supplemental type certifications and updates.