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Jan 10, 2011 (newstodate): Estonian Air is now expecting the delivery of its first new Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft very soon, and at least before the end of January.
Depending on the exact date of arrival of the first aircraft, plans are to introduce it into commercial service on January 31, 2011, but details are not yet fixed, and both the entry date and the exact route on which the aircraft will make its first appearance may still be changed.
Estonian Air, however, expects delivery of aircraft number 2 with one week after the first delivery, while the third new aircraft will wait till 2012 to make its appearance with Estonian Air.
According to the original plan, Estonian Air was to take delivery of its new aircraft one by one in rotation: the first one by the end of May 2009, the second by the middle and third one by the end of June, 2009, but the deliveries were delayed by uncertainties around the airline's ownership structure, settled only in September 2010 when SAS finally reached an agreement with the Estonian state over its 49 percent stake in the carrier.
By then the original order had expired, and Estonian Air had to sign a new aircraft order with Bombardier.
Depending on the exact date of arrival of the first aircraft, plans are to introduce it into commercial service on January 31, 2011, but details are not yet fixed, and both the entry date and the exact route on which the aircraft will make its first appearance may still be changed.
Estonian Air, however, expects delivery of aircraft number 2 with one week after the first delivery, while the third new aircraft will wait till 2012 to make its appearance with Estonian Air.
According to the original plan, Estonian Air was to take delivery of its new aircraft one by one in rotation: the first one by the end of May 2009, the second by the middle and third one by the end of June, 2009, but the deliveries were delayed by uncertainties around the airline's ownership structure, settled only in September 2010 when SAS finally reached an agreement with the Estonian state over its 49 percent stake in the carrier.
By then the original order had expired, and Estonian Air had to sign a new aircraft order with Bombardier.