Airsupport

So a couple questions. When will regionals be regionals, who is the undisclosed customer, and what airline has scope to fly it? Man, there will be nothing left for us to fly when/if we get to the majors.

Bombardier Aerospace Launches 100-Seat CRJ1000 Regional Jet
Montréal, February 19, 2007

• Program launched with firm orders, conditional orders and options for more than 60 aircraft
• Deliveries to begin in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009

Bombardier announced today the launch of its CRJ1000 regional jet, the next major step in the evolution of the CRJ Series aircraft family, the world's most successful family of regional aircraft.

Previously designated the CRJ900X jet, the CRJ1000 regional airliner is designed specifically to meet the needs of growing regional airlines for jets of up to 100 seats, with a focus on extremely low operating costs and improvements to cabin comfort.

"We anticipated the need for larger regional aircraft when we introduced the CRJ700 regional jet in 1997 and the CRJ900 regional jet in 2000. These aircraft are now the backbones of many airline fleets worldwide," said Pierre Beaudoin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace. "Today, with the CRJ1000 aircraft, Bombardier continues to build on its ongoing commitment to product innovation. The CRJ1000 regional jet combines the proven platform, reliability and flexible cabin configurations of its predecessors with its closest competitor having up to 15 per cent higher trip cash operating costs."

The CRJ1000 aircraft program is launched with 38 firm orders, 15 of which are CRJ900 conversions, and 23 conditional orders and options. The following three customers have placed these orders.

Brit Air of Morlaix, France, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France, has placed a firm order for eight CRJ1000 aircraft, and has taken options on eight additional CRJ1000 aircraft. Based on CRJ1000 list price, the value of Brit Air's eight firm ordered aircraft is approximately $371 million US which could rise to $768 million US if the airline exercises its eight options.

With the launch of the CRJ1000 aircraft, My Way Airlines of Italy is converting, as announced in September 2006, 15 of its 19 CRJ900 regional jet orders to CRJ1000 regional jets. The original contract value for the 19 CRJ900 aircraft, based on CRJ900 aircraft list price, was approximately $702 million US. This value will increase to approximately $857 million US for four CRJ900 and 15 CRJ1000 aircraft, based on CRJ900 and CRJ1000 aircraft list prices.

An undisclosed customer has placed a firm order for 15 of the aircraft, with a conditional order for an additional 15. Based on CRJ1000 list price, the contract value for this 15 aircraft firm order is approximately $704 million US, which could increase to $1.5 billion US if the airline's 15 conditional orders are executed.

The new CRJ1000 regional jet is scheduled to enter service in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009. First flight is scheduled for the summer of 2008. With a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 91,800 pounds (41,632 kilograms), the CRJ1000 aircraft will offer a maximum range of 1,691 nautical miles (3,139 kilometres) with 100 passengers, under certain operating conditions. Compared to older generation aircraft of similar passenger capacity currently in operation, the CRJ1000 will also respond to today's environmental needs by providing substantially lower fuel consumption and achieving up to 30 per cent reduced carbon dioxide engine emissions.

Speedbird172

Good lord...I think we all know a certain CEO in the southwestern part of the country who will be pushing for mass quantities of these to be flown for 20 bucks an hour....

Airsupport

there are a couple companies in the southwest i could think of that would love to pay a couple bucks more an hour over the 50 seater for these.

JetJock16

When is enough enough. When is mainline going to figure it out and realize that it makes sense to purchase CRJ 900/1000's and fly them in-house. Why would they put 100 seat routes out for bid? It makes no sense! You see US Airways bringing EMB-190 in-house to close the gap between them and the regionals but when will others follow suit. I understand that there has to be an a/c that fills the gap between the 737/320 and the CRJ but I always thought/hoped that they would be mainline.

duvie

Is this beast just a stretched version of the CRJ 900? Same 2 +2 config?

rickair7777

I don't think anybodies scope would allow this, even with a LOT of first class seats. The announced customers are european, and I suspect the undisclosed customer is not a US regional (unless XJet wants them for the branded deal).

I suppose some major might want to operate them...US Air and JB are doing those 190s.

Linebacker35

Bombardier is also now looking into developing a 110 to 130 seat jet. This new line will be called the Cseries. Looks like Bombardier is breaking into the mainline market.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...Story/Business

Linebacker35

Air Canada is having succsess operating the 170/190s, it allows for alot of new routes. I believe AC started probably about 10-15 new routes with these planes.
But then again Air Canada also operated the the CRJ200s themselve for many years(1995-2006), until they followed the example south of the border and handed them over to their regional.

acl65pilot

I smell DAL in all of this. They are still looking and officially have not decided, but they would prefer this over some other products.

ERJ135

Hmm, maybe a replacement for the MD80?