Bombardier said Thursday that the Iraqi government has ordered six of the company's CRJ900 regional jets as the country strives to rebuild its airline services.
The contract is valued at 239 million U.S. dollars. The two sides are also negotiating a deal for purchasing four other airplanes, which may increase the total contract to 400 million U.S. dollars, Montreal-based Bombardier said in a statement.
Launched last year, the CRJ900 provides operational savings from earlier CRJ models because of greater fuel efficiency and lower maintenance costs.
The Iraqi order increased the number of firm orders for Bombardier's latest regional aircraft to 248. As of Jan. 31, it had delivered 1,471 CRJ Series aircrafts, including 145 CRJ900 NextGen planes.
An Iraqi government spokesman told state-run television last month that a decision had also been made to buy 40 new airplanes from Boeing that will be delivered within 10 years.
The Bombardier and Boeing airplanes will be used to rebuild airline services in Iraq that have largely been grounded since 1991 when the United Nations imposed sanctions against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait.
Source:Xinhua
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