Flight Time Magazine May to August 2017 | Page 25

SKYFLYER PAGE 24 NEW AT NORTHERN. O ur new page on informing all our member on the commings and going of our virtual airline. NORTHERN SIGNS EXCHANGE DEAL WITH WESTAIR N orthern Regional VA is proud to announce it has signed a deal with WestAir Virtual to buy six Embraer E195 aircraft, with the transfer of its recently completed deal to buy Bombarider CS100 aircraft now going to WestAir, the deal will see 6 nearly new E195 being transferred from the end of May, with the final aircraft arriving in November of this year. CEO James Whittlefield would like to explain why he took the decision to exchange these aircraft so soon after completing a significant deal with an aircraft manufacturer. “Most of our staff will know that we recently signed a deal with Bombarider for 10 CS100 aircraft, and an option 25 more, however on announcing this deal our share price has plummeted, it was realised that these aircraft where too big, too expensive to maintain, operate and lease, it was therefore our decision to go back to the aircraft manufacturer to cancel the deal, however this was not possible due to financial penalties, therefore we went about looking for a deal to buy aircraft similar to what we already had, for agood deal, and an airline that would be happy to take our CS100 order.” WWW.NORTHERNVIRTUAL.WEEBLY.COM