And Eastern

Pablo beat me to it. 🙂 Eastern Airlines is another airline that operated all 3.

WOW!!!

That’s about all I can say! 😀

AirTran and ATA are 2 different companies. ATA use to be known as American TransAir but officially changed their name to ATA last year. They are based at Chicago-Midway and fly 737-800’s and 757-200/300’s. They use to operated L-1011’s but I don’t think they do much with them any more other than the occastional military charter. I see them parked at IND but never operating.

Plus they were facing stiff competition in that aircraft market from Boeing and Airbus. This mid-sized jet market has only started in the last year so they have a better chance of surviving in this market baring they get the backing they need as you said KabirT.

Bombardier made the announcement of their mid-sized jet entry at Farnborough, the C-Series:

Bombardier Aerospace announced today the name of its new commercial aircraft family and revealed the aircraft’s distinctive black and white livery.

The CSeries, for Competitive, Continental, Connector, would target airlines operating aircraft in the lower end of the 100- to 150-passenger market, a large segment that is not well served by any aircraft in production today. Many air carriers in that category currently rely on aging DC9, Fokker 100, Boeing 737 Classic, BAe-146, MD80 and other aircraft that are scheduled to retire by the end of the decade, leaving the field open for innovative replacements.

“The market for the 100- to 150-passenger commercial aircraft segment is estimated at $250 billion U.S., or roughly 6,000 aircraft over the next 20 years,” said Gary Scott, President, Bombardier New Commercial Aircraft Program. “There is a huge potential customer base in the lower end of this segment, especially among existing main line and the fast growing low cost carriers. We are very excited about the prospects of developing a new family of aircraft that is optimized to meet their needs. And I’m pleased to say our customers are telling us the same thing.”

During its year-long feasibility study, Bombardier will develop a family of aircraft that focuses on the needs of this market with specifications that will see the CSeries aircraft family operate at costs 15 per cent lower than aircraft currently in production and 20 per cent lower than older out of production airplanes in use today.

The CSeries aircraft family will be designed in two basic five-seat abreast versions. One version will be designed to carry 110- to 115-passengers, while a larger version will seat 130- to 135-passengers. Each of the two variants can be configured for either short-haul travel with a 1,800 nautical mile range or for transcontinental flights of up to 3,200 nautical miles.

“Like our customers, I’m very excited about our new commercial aircraft offering and I look forward to bringing it to Bombardier’s leadership and Board of Directors for approval to offer early next year,” concluded Mr. Scott.

I like how you were able to capture the brief mosture appearance in the left engine on the Singapore Airlines 777. Great pictures Skymonster.

Thanks Skymonster. We preface the visibility with RVR (Runway visibility range) in the states and give the distances in feet.

What about the remarks? RETS RERA NOSIG=

There is no restriction of taking scanners with you in the US but you are not allowed to use it in flight.

question is how many countries except CIS nations are ready to accept a Russian project. Thats why i said Russia needs to make a world class product and market it well.

You’re right, it’s going to be a tough sell for them but they only need 1 company to put their faith in this product to demonstrate the quality of their aircraft.