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Article: Delta Connection Strengthens World's Largest Regional Jet Fleet With Addition of Bombardier CRJ-700.
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- PR Newswire
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- January 29, 2002
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ATLANTA -- Delta Connection today added the first 70-passenger Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft to its industry-leading fleet of more than 200 regional jets. The aircraft -- delivered to Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) -- is an enhanced version of the popular 40- and 50-seat CRJ-100/200 series aircraft operated by Delta Connection carriers at 158 airports throughout North America, Mexico and the Bahamas.
Fred Buttrell, president and CEO of Delta Connection, Inc., and W. E. "Skip" Barnette, president of Atlantic Southeast Airlines, accepted the aircraft during a ceremony at Bombardier Aerospace's new CRJ-700/CRJ-900 assembly facility at ...