Danish regional airline Cimber Air, quarter-owned by SAS, has ordered two 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ-200) and taken four options. The deal follows an order a year ago for two ATR 72-500s with two options, one of which has since been exercised, to add to the carrier's 13 ATR 42-500s.
At that time the Sonderborg-based airline indicated that its next decision would be on jets and said it was looking at the Fairchild Dornier 728JET and any jet programme that ATR decided to pursue.
Henrik Jorgensen, vice-president of marketing and sales, says the CRJ200s will be delivered in June and August next year - the carrier's 50th anniversary. He confirms that the optional aircraft could be 50- or 70-seat versions.
Jorgensen says the aircraft will be used for network expansion and Cimber is now looking at operating in or to countries other than Denmark and Germany where it currently flies.
Source: Flight Daily News
