++ US start-up carrier, Nashville-based Corporate Express Airlines, is to lease four more Jetstream 32s from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops, bringing its total fleet to ten aircraft ++ Air Labrador, based in Goose Bay, Canada, has received its first Beech 1900D from Raytheon Aircraft. The airline holds options on a further two aircraft. Central Mountain Air, of Smithers, British Columbia, has also received its first two 1900Ds. A further eight will be delivered by the end of November. The airline has options on a further ten aircraft. ++ Eurowings has converted an option for one Airbus A319-100, powered by CFM International CFM56-5B6 engines. ++ Delta Air Lines has allowed options on three McDonnell Douglas MD-90s, one MD-11 and six MD-88s to lapse in the first quarter of this year. The carrier still has large numbers of options and firm orders on all types. ++ Istanbul Airlines has added a third Boeing 757 to its fleet. The aircraft has been leased from Bouillioun following its return from Britannia Airways. ++ The CIT Group has completed the sale and lease back deal with Gulf Air for five CFM International CFM56-5 Airbus A320-200s. A further four aircraft are understood to be available for similar sale and lease back agreements. ++ Cosmos Air, a new German airline based in Manhneim, has introduced a Fairchild Dornier 328-110 on services from London City Airport to Mannheim and Berlin Templehof. ++ Airbus has confirmed SilkAir's order for three A319s and five A320s, all powered by International Aero Engines V2500s, plus options on ten aircraft from the A320 family (Flight International, 21-27 May). ++ British World Airlines has confirmed its order for two BAe ATPs, for delivery from August (Flight International, 21-27 May). ++ Three ex-Ansett Australia Fokker F28 Mk4000s have been acquired by Queensland-based Flight West Airlines.
Source: Flight International
