ISSN 1718-7966 February 11, 2019/ VOL. 677 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS Chorus Aviation buys nine new CRJ900s Chorus Aviation Inc. has announced that it has entered into a firm pur- chase agreement with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft to acquire nine CRJ900 regional jet aircraft. These aircraft will be operated by its sub- sidiary, Jazz Aviation LP (‘Jazz’), under the Air Canada Express brand as per Jazz’s Capacity Purchase Agreement (‘CPA’) with Air Canada. The nine air- craft will be delivered in 2020. NokScoot awards ULD man- Etihad will codeshare agement contract to Unilode with Royal NokScoot, one of Thailand’s medium- Jordanian. haul budget airlines, has awarded a Photo: Airbus ULD management contract to Unil- ode Aviation Solutions, the leading global provider of outsourced Unit Etihad teams up with Royal Jordanian Load Device (ULD) management and First such codeshare between the two carriers repair solutions. Mr. Yodchai Su- Etihad Airways and Jordanian flag added to the agreement soon. Tony Douglas, Group Chief Execu- dhidhanakul, NokScoot CEO, said: carrier, Royal Jordanian, have an- tive Officer, Etihad Aviation Group, “By commissioning Unilode for the nounced a new codeshare part- In turn, Royal Jordanian will initially said: “This partnership reinforces management of NokScoot’s contain- nership which will provide their place its ‘RJ’ code on Etihad Airways the deep cultural, tourism and ers and pallets for our current fleet travellers with greater access to key services from Amman to Abu Dhabi trade connections between the of five Boeing 777-200 we will receive leisure and busi- UAE and Jordan, cost-effective and professional servic- ness destinations and opens up a es, which will provide us with peace new world of op- of mind and allow us to focus on our in North Africa, Eu- “This partnership reinforces the deep core business of flying passengers.” rope, Canada, Asia portunities for our and Australia. cultural, tourism and trade connections customers. Turkish Cargo carries out first between the UAE and Jordan.” air cargo transportation from This is the first “Royal Jordanian, Istanbul Airport such partnership Tony Douglas, Group Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Aviation Group as one of the old- The first ever commercial domestic between the two est and most ex- air cargo transportation from Istanbul airlines, who offer perienced airlines Airport was performed with an A 321 multiple daily services between and vice versa, and then from the in the region, and Etihad as one of Airbus that landed in Ankara on Feb- their respective hubs in Abu Dhabi UAE capital to Brisbane and Seoul. the youngest and most acclaimed. ruary 4. The first international trans- and Amman. The partnership will Subject to government approval, Both share the common values of portation was carried out to Lefkoşa see Etihad Airways place its ‘EY’ RJ will also market Etihad flights genuine Arabian hospitality and (Nicosia) on the same day with a Boe- code on Royal Jordanian’s flights from Abu Dhabi to, Ahmedabad, service, combined with the next- ing 737 aircraft that left Istanbul Air- from Abu Dhabi via Amman’s Bangalore, Calicut, Cochin, Delhi, generation fleets, enviable reputa- port, which will transform Turkey into Queen Alia International Airport to Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, tions for efficiency and reliability, the world’s logistics hub with a cargo Larnaca and Berlin, while Algiers, Trivandrum, Manila, Beijing and and a combined network spanning capacity of 6 million tonnes. Tunis, Vienna and Montreal will be Shanghai. 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