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Altogether, this represents a 5.5 per cent fuel
burn reduction over the earlier generation
CRJ900 aircraft, and up to 5.0 per cent lower
fuel burn compared to announced competitive,
in-production jets in the same seat class.
“It’s been an exciting week for American
Airlines,” said Peter Warlick, Vice President,
Fleet Planning, American Airlines. “We’ve closed
our merger with US Airways Group, Inc. and as we
begin the work to harmonize the American and US
Airways operations, an agreement like this with
Bombardier will greatly improve our ability to
optimize our flying with the right aircraft to
meet customer demand. This order will allow
American to lower costs by replacing older
aircraft.”
“We congratulate American Airlines and US
Airways on their merger and are delighted that
the merged airline will use Bombardier aircraft
for its present and future fleet requirements,”
said Mike Arcamone, President, Bombardier
Commercial Aircraft. “Our ongoing commitment to
the technological updates of our product
offerings is today realized with value
enhancements made to the CRJ900 NextGen
aircraft. Over the years we have been
successfully driving down operating costs by
introducing fuel efficiency improvements and
maintenance cost reductions. The product
enhancements to the CRJ900 NextGen aircraft
offer fuel cost savings of up to $500,000 US per
aircraft.”
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