Pratt & Whitney announced today that the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries made its first test flight on the PW flying testbed at Mirabel Airport near Montreal. This is another milestone for the GTF, which successfully completed ground testing…
Korean Air announced an order for 10 Bombardier CS300 aircraft, with 10 options and an additional 10 purchase rights. KAL will be Bombardier’s first CSeries customer in Asia, joining customers in North America and Europe and 2 additional unannounced customers.…
Phillipe Goetz, BRITAIR’s Flight Ops Technical Director sat in their CRJ1000 at the Paris Air Show and describes how pleased they are with the airplane which is replacing F-100s. This, by the way, is the same plane we got to…
In a fancy showroom at the Paris Air Show, IRKUT has its fuselage display of its new airliner, now known as the MC-21. The company is new to the medium sized commercial airliner business, but has tremendous aerospace experience via…
Boeing executives had harsh words for the Bombardier CSeries at their press briefing in Paris, indicating an underlying concern about the new competitor to the 100-149 seat category. Views: 37
Bombardier announced an order today from a “major network carrier” for 10 CSeries aircraft, and that this operator will be the first operator of the type. Bombardier has been criticized recently about the slow order book for the CSeries, and…