Aircraft Briefs-May 12, 2015

Bombardier plans to build on recent “momentum” in the CSeries program to increase sales totals for the aircraft, according to Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Fred Cromer.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. plans to establish an engineering center in Seattle to support Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) flight testing in the US.

Air India looks set to make a major aircraft purchase from either Airbus or Boeing for up to 15 single-aisle aircraft.

Embraer predicts 2,060 new jet deliveries in the 70- to 130-seat segment by 2035, valued at $96 billion at list prices, according to its 20-year Market Outlook for North America.

A Xi’an-based Joy Air MA60 skidded off the runway while landing at Fuzhou Changle International Airport May 10, resulting in a wings and fuselage junction fracture phenomena.

Russia and China have signed a framework agreement establishing a new joint venture (JV) leasing company, which will order up to 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft worth $3 billion over the next three years for carriers in China and Southeast Asia.

I’m writing this blog from onboard US Airways/AA flight 595 from Phoenix to Washington National. I don’t normally get into the traveler thing or flight reviews, but this flight and my particular seat got me thinking. Let me explain.