Tag: RJ900

Pinnacle Airlines reaches agreement with pilots to retire CRJ200s for CRJ900s

Pinnacle Airlines announced on December 17th, 2012 that it had reached a tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association who represent the Pinnacle Airlines pilot group. The agreement focused on cost reductions, pay, retirement, work rules and benefits. As part of these negotiations, an agreement was reached which provides for the addition of 40 CRJ-900s …

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Delta places order for 40 CRJ 900NextGens with 30 options

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Bombardier Aerospace announced on December 6th, 2012  that Delta Air Lines placed a firm order for 40 CRJ900 NextGen regional aircraft and has taken options on an additional 30 CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. The aircraft will be configured with 76 seats in a two-class cabin and will be operated by Delta Connection carriers to be determined …

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Rwandair takes delivery of first CRJ-900

The first of two Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen aircraft was delivered to RwandAir on October 19, 2012. This delivery marks RwandAir as the first operator of a CRJ-900 aircraft in Eastern Africa. The aircraft is CRJ-900 NextGen MSN 15286 registration 9XR-WH. The airline has an additional CRJ-900 on order and expects to take delivery of that aircraft …

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Cosmo Airlines purchases PLUNA CRJ-900s at auction

During an auction on October 1st, 2012, the Uruguayan government sold the Spanish charter airline Cosmo seven CRJ-900s that has been previously operated by PLUNA airlines. The airline plans to operate the CRJs on charter operations within Europe for the winter 2012 travel season. Previously Cosmo had operated two A320s on ACMI leases from other …

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