China Express Airlines revealed as customer for up to 24 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft

China Express Airlines and Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced (08-Nov-2014) that the Chinese carrier is the previously announced unidentified customer that had placed a firm order for 16 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and had taken options for eight additional airliners of the same type. This purchase agreement was initially announced on 30-Jun-2014. As previously announced by Bombardier, based on the list price for the CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately USD727 million. The value could increase to USD1.12 billion should China Express exercise its options. [more - original PR]