Alliance Air, which also operates under the name Air India Regional, is due to receive five new ATR 72-600 turboprop regional airliners on lease from Singapore-based leasing firm Avation by July 2015.
Read moreTwo regional airlines operating Delta Connection flights for Delta Air Lines will launch daily non-stop service next spring from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to five new destinations as part of the continued expansion of Delta’s West Coast hub.
Read moreHaiti-based regional airline Sunrise Airways will expand its Western Caribbean route network on October 30 by launching twice-weekly scheduled service from its hub at Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport to the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba.
Read moreFrom November 6, Silver Airways will increase its intra-Florida schedule to more than 560 weekly flights linking 10 Florida cities, the regional airline operating on 15 different non-stop routes within the state.
Read moreMokulele Airlines will operate new routes between Kalaeloa on Oahu and Molokai; Kalaeloa and Kapalua on Maui; Kapalua and Molokai; and Kapalua and Hana on Maui.
Read moreTransNusa will be the first operator of the ATR 42-600 in Indonesia and the aircraft will represent a boost for the airline’s efforts to develop its presence in the fly-in, fly-out charter segment.
Read moreOn the same day, August 28, Embraer received both welcome and potentially unwelcome news from Japan Airlines concerning the manufacturer’s E-Jets and E-Jets E2 families.
Read moreAir Lease Corporation Orders Seven More ATR 72-600s
Aircraft July 15, 2014
Air Lease Corporation has purchased ATR 72-600 regional airliners every year since signing its first purchase contract at the Farnborough show in 2010. The July 15 order will increase the lessor’s portfolio of ATR 72-600s for leasing to 28 aircraft.
Read moreBrazilian manufacturer Embraer has announced orders and commitments from two existing customers for eight more examples of its current E-Jets family, as well as revealing a new E-Jets operator.
Read moreAnnouncing the order on July 14, 2014, on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, Embraer said deliveries of the aircraft to Trans States Holdings are scheduled to begin in June 2020.
Read moreGuernsey-based regional carrier Aurigny Air Services will use the Embraer 195, its first jet airliner, to add capacity on its flagship route linking the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands with London Gatwick Airport.
Read moreCompass Airlines expects to begin taking delivery of the new Embraer 175 jets ordered by American and start scheduled service under the American Eagle brand and livery in the first quarter of 2015.
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