Air Canada has announced it has received its first Embraer 190,
becoming the first airline in North America to receive two
different E-Jet models. According to Embraer, eventually the
carrier will fly as many as 45 of the larger 190s, which will
feature seating for 93 passengers in two classes -- 20 more than
the 175s the carrier also operates. Air Canada is expected to
receive its last 175 in January 2006.
Here we go again! As we reported earlier in Aero-News, both
Boeing and Airbus have been awaiting word on the decision by
Australian-based airline Qantas on whose plane the airline was
going to select to add to its growing fleet -- and how many. Well,
the suspense is over, as Qantas announced Wednesday they have
placed 45 firm orders for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, with options for
20 more and purchase rights for another 50 aircraft on top of
that.
Carrier Hopes To Emerge From Bankruptcy By End Of Year
Earlier this week, representatives from Aloha Airlines told
Aero-News members of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Council
70 have ratified their new contract, joining the Association of
Flight Attendants (AFA) and three other collective bargaining units
in finalizing agreements with the Hawaiian carrier. Aloha
hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protection by December 15, 2005 --
less than one year after the company filed for Chapter 11.
Yet another law firm, calling itself, "one of the largest
aviation litigation firms in the US," Motley Rice, LLC; has joined
with co-counsel Edward Montoya of Coral Gables, Fla., and announced
that they have filed a $100,000,000 suit against Colombian-based
West Caribbean Airways and its principals, as well as others...
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