Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) has signed a firm purchase agreement with American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) to acquire thirty CRJ900 NextGen aircraft with options on an additional forty. The order is the first between American and the Canadian manufacturer. Based on list prices, the firm order contract is valued at approximately USD1.42billion and could increase to approximately USD3.38billion should the forty options be exercised. The aircraft will be operated by US Airways (Phoenix Sky Harbor) subsidiary PSA Airlines (OH, Dayton James M. Cox).