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AVIATION NEWS
extendable cocktail table.
The new Regional Business Class
product will be installed on all of
Cathay Pacific’s regional Boeing
777-200/300 and A330-300
aircraft. The first Boeing 777
aircraft is due to enter service in
January 2013, while the first
A330-300 will be completed in
the fourth quarter of 2013. All of
the airline’s regional aircraft will
be fitted with the new product by
the end of 2014.
This latest product development
follows a number of other recent
enhancements to Cathay Pacific’s
inflight offering. In 2011, the
airline introduced its new longhaul
Business Class which was
voted “World’s Best Business
Class” by over 18 million airline
passengers in the recent Skytrax
World Airline Awards. Earlier
this year it introduced its new
Premium Economy Class and a
new long-haul Economy Class
seat, both of which have been
winning praise from customers.
See below for details of the new
Regional Business Class and a
comparison with the existing
product:
Eznis Airways
First to
Operate
Bombardier
Q400 Aircraft
in Mongolia
Q400 aircraft, the only large
turboprop with capabilities to
meet performance challenges of
region
TORONTO, ONTARIO--
(Marketwire) - Bombardier
Aerospace recently welcomed
Eznis Airways LLC to the
growing family of Bombardier
Q400 aircraft operators. Eznis
Airways LLC, the largest private
airline in Mongolia, has acquired
a previously owned Q400 aircraft
and has started service in the
country with the fast and fuelefficient
turboprop. Eznis
acquired the Q400 aircraft
through Nordic Aviation Capital,
the Denmark-based leasing
company.
Eznis' acquisition of the Q400
aircraft follows the type
acceptance certification that was
awarded by the Civil Aviation
Authority of Mongolia in May,
2012 for operation of the aircraft
in the Central Asia nation. The
certification in Mongolia
preceded the decision in June,
2012 by the Interstate Aviation
Committee (IAC) - commonly
known by its Russian acronym,
MAK - to award aircraft type
approval to the Q400 turboprop
for operation in Russia and the
Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS).
"The Q400 aircraft is leading
Bombardier's expansion across
much of Asia and the certification
in Mongolia, in addition to the
recent type approval in Russia
and the CIS nations, are an
important part of our strategy,"
said Rod Sheridan, Vice
President, Customer Finance,
Bombardier Commercial
Aircraft, who leads the business
unit's Asset Management Group
(AMG). The AMG is dedicated to
the management and remarketing
of Bombardier's previously
owned commercial aircraft
portfolio.
"We're delighted to welcome
Eznis Airways as one of five new
operators that have ordered or
acquired the Q400 aircraft this
year, and the first in Mongolia,"
added Mr. Sheridan.
"We are thrilled to add the Q400
aircraft to our fleet," said
Munskhsukh Sukhbaatar, Chief
Executive Officer, Eznis
Airways. "The powerful yet fuelefficient
turboprop can fly in the
most difficult conditions that
Mongolia presents - high winds,
large swings in temperatures, and
high elevation airports."
Powered by two new-generation,
5,071-shaft horsepower (shp)
PW150A engines, and capable of
flying at a speed of up to 360
knots (667 km/h), the Q400
aircraft can quickly climb above
the strong summer head winds
which blow across Mongolia, and
also access the high elevation
airports in mountainous regions
of the country. Its steep approach
capabilities allow the aircraft to
quickly descend over the
mountains to easily navigate the
AIR WORLD October 2012-10