Sukhoi says it hopes to unveil Aeroflot as the launch customer for its 75-95 seater Russian Regional Jet at an air show in Moscow in August. The carrier is negotiating for 15 aircraft plus 10 options. Sibir is also discussing launch orders for the RRJ. The aircraft is scheduled to fly in March 2007 with first deliveries to customers in mid-2008.
IAG carrier Aer Lingus is to launch direct flights from Dublin to Nashville next summer, the first new route identified for its incoming longer-range Airbus A321XLRs.
Five LATAM Airlines Group Boeing 777-300ERs will be coated with Lufthansa Technik’s Aeroshark drag-reducing film – the first carrier in the Americas and the third in the world to use this technology in order to save fuel and reduce emissions.