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CSeries Flight Test Update

Based on data we are accumulating, the CSeries test program is accelerating.  The CS300 is expected is fly shortly, which will accelerate the test program.  If the program can maintain 165 hours per month, it seems the flight test might…

Ross Mitchell

It has been almost a month since we last saw Ross Mitchell in Mirabel.  There have been some big changes at the company since that visit.  On the sidelines of the 17th Global Airfinance Conference in Dublin we caught up…

Bombardier and Ray Jones

[UPDATED] Yesterday Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that their SVP Sales, Marketing and Asset Management had left the company for “personal reasons”.   Mr. Jones was a ten year veteran at Bombardier and took over his former position in December 2013. He…

New Year’s Day order

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) signed a firm order for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen plus ten options on December 31. The list price of the firm order is $160m, or $448m with options. “We have seen a growing demand for…