Bombardier, CityJet finalise purchase agreement

Upon delivery, the aircraft will operate under wet lease in the Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) network.

Based on the list price of the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$280 million and could reportedly increase to US$467 million, should CityJet exercise all its options.

"The CRJ900 aircraft has proven to be cost efficient and operationally flexible in supporting our contract flying with Scandinavian Airlines and we look forward to the delivery of up to ten more via the firm purchase agreement announced today," says Pat Byrne, executive chairman, CityJet.

As part of its acquisition of Cimber A/S, a regional airline in Denmark and a former wholly owned subsidiary of SAS, CityJet will operate Cimber's fleet of 11 CRJ900 aircraft also on wet lease service with SAS. These aircraft will be replaced by up to 10 additional CRJ900 aircraft ordered under the firm purchase agreement with Bombardier.