Skywest orders 4 new CRJ-700's
 

How many more 70 seaters are allowed under the Delta scope?

Yeah....and this one seems to be flying under the radar, which is even bigger news.

Here come the Q400's - SkyWest orders four Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops - thestar.com

The q thing has to be a misunderstanding on the 700 order?

Maybe the Australian airlines, also named Skywest?

Actually they are possible 700's for Skywest, Inc to be flown by SKW. Not sure if they are growth or replacements for several 200's which have timed out. I have reason to believe that this might not be a firm order (yet anyway).

I'm guessing so. Unless 4 Q400's and 4 nextgen 700's are the EXACT same price.

Bombardier's webiste has a press release about the 700's, NOTHING so far about the Q400's.

Edited, you got your edit job in before I finished typing. Point is still the same though.

See above. If that were the case, you'd think that Bombardier would be pretty proud of finding a NEW customer for their Q's and putting out a press release on that as well. Whether it was the Australian Skywest airlines, or the U.S. SkyWest airlines.

"This order re-affirms our complete confidence in Bombardier's CRJ regional jets," says SkyWest chairman and CEO Jerry Atkin in a statement.

I think so, the link is now corrected to show the order is for CRJ 700's. The atricle is below, no more mention of any Q's
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SkyWest orders four Bombardier CRJ700 NextGen jets
Published On Tue Jan 4 2011EmailPrint
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Bombardier Aerospace (TSX: BBD.B) says it has received firm orders for four CRJ700 NextGen regional jets from SkyWest Inc. in a transaction valued at US$148 million.

The 65 seater planes will be used by Utah-based SkyWest Airlines under the Delta Connection banner.

In a separate statement Tuesday, Bombardier’s transportation arm announced it has received orders for rolling stock from an unnamed customer at the end of December, in a deal valued at about euro362 million.

One things for sure, ASA won't touch any of those planes anytime soon

Yup. Rumour has it though that we are sending some mechanics to the desert to inspect the rest of the mighty QX birds.