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July 09, 2010 (newstodate): Estonian Air needs the three CRJ900 aircraft ordered back in 2008, originally slated for delivery from May 2009 but still not coming in.
-Due to the prolonged uncertainty over the final settlement of the airline's ownership structure,, negotiations dragged on, and finally the original contract expired this spring, says Ilona Eskelinen, Estonian Air PR Director.
-The situation is thus that we have reopened new negotiations with Bombardier that has accepted that the down-payment under the terms of the earlier contract can be transferred to the new one once it has been signed and settled.
-So we are now awaiting the outcome of these negotiations, and we are not in a position to offer further details on the issue.
-In the meantime we are having no problems with fulfilling the need for capacity in the current program, but we are of course eager to see that there is no short-fall of capacity between the expiry of the leasing contracts for our Boeing 737 aircraft and the delivery of the new Bombardier aircraft.
-We are, however, confident that even if the current leasing contract with the Boeing aircraft owner reaches its date of expiry, we will be able to negotiate a prolongation of the arrangement.
-After all, the market abounds with Boeing 737-300 aircraft that are not much in demand, so we might even be able to negotiate even more favorable leasing terms for an interim period till we receive new aircraft, says Ms Eskelinen.
-Due to the prolonged uncertainty over the final settlement of the airline's ownership structure,, negotiations dragged on, and finally the original contract expired this spring, says Ilona Eskelinen, Estonian Air PR Director.
-The situation is thus that we have reopened new negotiations with Bombardier that has accepted that the down-payment under the terms of the earlier contract can be transferred to the new one once it has been signed and settled.
-So we are now awaiting the outcome of these negotiations, and we are not in a position to offer further details on the issue.
-In the meantime we are having no problems with fulfilling the need for capacity in the current program, but we are of course eager to see that there is no short-fall of capacity between the expiry of the leasing contracts for our Boeing 737 aircraft and the delivery of the new Bombardier aircraft.
-We are, however, confident that even if the current leasing contract with the Boeing aircraft owner reaches its date of expiry, we will be able to negotiate a prolongation of the arrangement.
-After all, the market abounds with Boeing 737-300 aircraft that are not much in demand, so we might even be able to negotiate even more favorable leasing terms for an interim period till we receive new aircraft, says Ms Eskelinen.