J-Air Corporation, JAL Group’s wholly owned regional-airline subsidiary, will operate the 32 Mitsubishi MRJ regional jets.

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Silver Airways is launching service from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, which serves the Tampa Bay-area beach resorts of St. Petersburg and Clearwater, to both Fort Lauderdale and Key West on March 12.

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Algiers-based Air Algérie ordered three ATR 72-600 turboprop regional airliners earlier this year and the aircraft delivered on December 22 is the first of these aircraft.

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LATAM Airlines Group co-founder TAM Airlines is launching new routes to two North American cities in 2015 and will also embark during the year on a strategic expansion of its Brazilian domestic regional network after placing a sizable order for regional aircraft.

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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.

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Nearly 250 of the regional jets operated on the American Eagle network ‒ into which the US Airways Express regional network will be absorbed as the US Airways name gradually disappears ‒ will have in-flight wireless Internet service installed by 2016.

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Air Canada is expanding its North American route network by adding eight non-stop routes in its summer 2015 schedule, as well as increasing capacity on two other routes. Four will be operated by regional-airline partner Jazz Aviation LP and four by Air Canada rouge.

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Two 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.

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Haiti-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.

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United Airlines is planning to offer Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-based personal-device entertainment on more than 200 two-cabin United Express regional jets and expects its first Wi-Fi-enabled regional jet flights to operate later this year.

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From 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.

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Mokulele 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.

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TransNusa 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.

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Republic Airways Holdings Inc., which operates the world’s largest fleet of Embraer E-Jets, has placed a firm order for 50 Embraer 175s as part of a three-way deal which will also see it transfer 24 Bombardier Q400 turboprops to UK regional airline Flybe.

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On 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.

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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.

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Announcing the launch of the new Q400 NextGen version at the Farnborough International Airshow, Bombardier Aerospace revealed it will offer a cargo-passenger Combi configuration that the company said would deliver the greatest payload capability and operational flexibility in its segment.

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Brazilian 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.

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Announcing the Nordic Aviation Capital order for ATR 42-600 turboprops on July 14 at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, ATR said it valued the potentially 75-aircraft deal at more than $1.55 billion at list prices.

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