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Old 03-11-2010 | 04:43 PM
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ACL, going back to what you said earlier, I'm surprised that DAL would not be as interested as previously thought on the C-Series. Is it the same issue was the current EJets with cargo capacity?

From Flightglobal.com: (notice the date... 2015, same as C-Series and possible E19X I believe, but I'd suppose with some orders it could come faster, its already certified)

Entrepreneurs behind the long-running effort to develop a Fokker 100 successor intend to modify an existing airframe this year, after securing financing from the Dutch economics ministry.

The organisation driving the programme, NG Aircraft, is a successor to the Rekkof company which has pressed for years to restart Fokker production. NG Aircraft says that the economics ministry is to provide a €20 million ($27 million) loan - although this still needs European Union clearance.

This funding would come through the Dutch SenterNovem agency, which became part of the ministry's innovations support arm Agentschap NL this year.

SenterNovem has a civil aviation department which funds pre-competitive work, such as design, simulation and tooling, for the creation of non-commercial prototype aircraft.

Grants of up to €10 million are available for aircraft transporting fewer than 100 passengers, or €20 million for other cases.

Under an initial phase NG Aircraft will begin adapting a Fokker 100 with new systems and engines. The twin-jet will serve as a demonstrator for the proposed Fokker 100 NG, the first example of which the company wants to assemble by 2015.