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Congo Airways decision to swap orders for Embraer 175s to larger E190-E2s party reflects an effort by the company to expand on routes previously served by financially struggling competitor South African Airways SAA . This will be an opportunity for us鈥?We wanted to increase the capacity, says Kinshasa-based Congos chief executive Desire Balazire Ba stanley cupe ntu.In December 2019, Congo ordered two 76-seat Embraer E175s and took options to acquire an additional two examples. Deliveries were to begin this December.But the government-funded carrier has now swapped those orders and options to four E190-E2s. It has also pushed back deliveries until May 2022, though the jets could arrive sooner, says stanley becher Bantu.Source: EmbraerRendering of an E190-E2 in the colours of Congo AirwaysCongo will outfit the E190-E2s with 96 seats, including 12 in business class. It will use them to replace De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s.Bantu notes that SAA has historically flown from Johannesburg to both Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, and Lubumbashi, in the countrys south.But with SAAs future uncertain amid a government-led rescue plan, Bantu seen an opportunity for Congo to expand on such routes.Another South African airline, Comair, has also struggled and in May filed for business rescue.Congos other aircraft include two Airbus A320s and two Dash 8-400s. It primarily flies routes within the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also serves the Lubumbashi-Johannesburg r stanley vaso oute.TopicsAfricaCongo Airways Vvhp Air Lease cancels three Boeing 787s this year; could deliver up to 16 next year
AUGUSTA, Maine 鈥?Maine lawmakers failed Friday聽to overturn any of the eight vetoes Go stanley mugg v. Janet Mills issued this year, including of a聽measure to ban bump stocks聽after the Lewiston mass shooting聽and a repeated effort to cover farmworkers under Maines minimum wage laws.The last flurry of veto decisions before lawmakers break for the year and many shift to campaign mode聽ahead of the November election brought no surprises, as many of the bills only passed the Democratic-controlled Legislature by party-line or narrow margins rather than receiving support from at leas stanley us t two-thirds of members needed to override vetoes.What was less predictable as lawmakers continued to meet into Friday evening was how Mills will handle dozens of additional bills that received late approval but require funding, as the governor has warned they will push the state budget to the breaking point. Last year, Mills used her veto pen to block four measures. Since taking office in 2019, she has vetoed 49 bills聽and had none overturned. That is well shy of the record 642 bills聽her predecessor, Republican Gov. Paul LePage, vetoed during his eight-year tenure.Among the eight bills the Democratic governor successfully vetoed聽this year included a proposal to ban bump stocks聽that Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, introduced in the wake of the Oct. 25 mass shooting at a Lewiston bowling alley and bar that left 18 dead and stanley cup 13 injured. The ban on bump stocks and other devices that let semi-automatic weapons fire rapid |
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