Mitsubishi Heavy attributed the failure of the SpaceJet to an insufficient initial understanding of the highly complex certification process for airliners.
Corrosion from prolonged exposure to salty air set the stage for a part to crack and trigger a recent inflight engine shutdown on a Bombardier CRJ-1000, an FAA airworthiness directive confirms.
The dual-class, 76-seat regional jets will replace 16 aging Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft that SkyWest operates under contracts set to expire in the second half of 2022 and early 2023.
Garuda Indonesia and Indonesia’s ministry of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) have moved to cut short a lease for 12 Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets and return them to lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
SkyWest Airlines will invest in additional maintenance on its fleet of several-hundred Bombardier CRJ-series aircraft during the first half of the year, motivated by continued demand for small airliners amid ongoing scope-clause restrictions in the U.S.