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Horizon says it wants to delay new plane deliveries
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SeaTac-based Horizon Air says it is in talks with Canadian planemaker Bambardier to slow the delivery of new Bombardier Q400 aircraft.Horizon is converting to an all-Q400 fleet, but it must sell its CRJ700 jets before it can bring those new planes into its inventory.The market for those regional jets is slow.The 76-seat Q400 turboprop offers better fuel economy than the jets it will replace while offering new-jet speeds on medium-haul routes. Horizon ordered $393 million worth of Q400s in April 2007, the airline said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. ...
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| aggregated: 6 weeks 5 days ago | topics: economy |
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