Bombardier welcomed Dublin-based CityJet (CityJet) to the CRJ Series family of aircraft operators following confirmation that it will op...
Bombardier welcomed Dublin-based CityJet (CityJet) to the CRJ Series family of aircraft operators following confirmation that it will operate CRJ900 aircraft in the network of Sweden’s Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).
CityJet will acquire the aircraft from a unidentified customer that signed a firm purchase agreement for eight CRJ900 aircraft and took options on an additional six.
Based on the list price of the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm agreement signed by Bombardier and its customer is valued at approximately $369 million USD. The value could increase to $651 million USD if all options are exercised.
These new Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft from CityJet will provide us with efficient and flexible production of regional flights that will feed our larger traffic flows and will complement nicely the 12 CRJ900 aircraft in SAS’ current network operation.
Bombardier also announced that a long-standing customer, who has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has signed a firm purchase agreement for two CRJ700 aircraft, valued at approximately $86 million US.
Including both firm agreements, Bombardier has recorded firm orders for 1,873 CRJ Series aircraft. Worldwide.
CRJ Series aircraft have transported more than 1.5 billion passengers and have logged more than 41 million flight hours and over 34 million takeoffs and landings.
