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SHOW REPORT LIMA 15




        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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