Month December 2016
Flying airBaltic’s CS300: First impressions
December has been a truly eventful month for both Bombardier’s CSeries program and airBaltic, the CS300 launch operator. Earlier this week, the CS300 has received its type validation by the FAA (adding to the ones that it already had from Transport Canada and…
Will Boeing Need to Cut 777 Production Further, and Will it Ever Come Back to Current Levels?
Boeing confirmed that the announced production cut in the 777 line from 8.3 per month to five per month will begin in August, 2017, and then drop to 3.5 per month in 2018. The company had earlier announced a production…
CS300 Successfully Enters Revenue Service with AirBaltic
Bombardier’s CS300, the larger of the two CSeries variants, successfully entered revenue service with airBaltic earlier today. The first flight was from Riga to Amsterdam, and carried 120 passengers. AirBaltic has configured its aircraft in a 145 seat two-class configuration.…
Bombardier’s approach for SE Europe
Mark Gilbert, Bombardier’s Director of Sales EU, Russia & CIS, offers to two part solution for how Air Serbia can exploit the market opportunities and manage around the high variability of seasonal traffic. Views: 18
Embraer’s view on SE European Market
Arjan Meijer, VP Europe, ME & Russia shares his thoughts on opportunities in the region for Embraer. Views: 13