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Malaysia Gets Another Airline

New airline “flymojo” orders CS100 from Bombardier
By Jay Menon
CANADIAN AIRFRAMER BOMBARDIER could be Bombardier’s first customer noise footprint.
finally seems to be getting a toehold in and operator in Southeast Asia for “The CSeries family of aircraft’s
the Asia Pacific region with a new private the airframer’s long-delayed CSeries game-changing technology, and its two
Malaysian airline intending to buy 20 passenger jet programme. models – the CS100 and CS300 jetliners --
CS100 aircraft for US$1.47 billion. “With its strategic market footing and provide airlines the capability for natural
The airline, “flymojo”, could also buy unique operations, flymojo is an ideal progression in terms of market coverage
20 more aircraft, which would raise the match for the all-new CS100 jetliner,” said and passenger capacity,” he added.
value of the deal to $2.94 billion, according Mike Arcamone, President, Bombardier The airline will begin flying in the first
to a letter of intent announced at the just Commercial Aircraft. half of 2016 and focus on regional routes,
concluded LIMA. “The CSeries family of aircraft will Gopala Krishnan said.
“The airline will be closer to a full- enable new airlines such as flymojo “We expect to commence operations
service carrier,” the airline’s Managing to cover markets efficiently thanks to with the CS100. In the meantime, we are
Director Janardhanan Gopala Krishnan its exceptional economics, operational looking at an interim lift. Now that we
told Asian Airlines and Airports flexibility and widebody comfort, coupled have selected the aircraft, we will proceed
If flymojo order materialises, it with an unmatched environmental and with the AOC process,” he added.

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