Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has increased production of its single-aisle C series aircraft at the company’s manufacturing site in Montreal, Canada.
Production of various aircraft of the C series is currently ongoing at the final assembly plant in Montreal. The first delivery is scheduled to enter service by the second quarter of this year.
The first delivery of the series, the CS100 aircraft, will be handed over to SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS).
The flight crews of SWISS recently launched CS100 aircraft flight training in Mirabel, Québec, Canada. The training will help the SWISS crews to operate the route when the CS100 aircraft starts its flight to Europe in the next few weeks.
With the training, the North American programme, which involved more than 35 cities, will end.
During the route proving programme, the CS100 aircraft performed flights using typical airline flight routings and operational procedures.
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By GlobalDataBombardier Commercial Aircraft C series programme vice-president Rob Dewar said: "In addition to the C Series aircraft production ramp-up and European route proving, our C series programme and engineering teams are working diligently alongside our customer services team, transferring employees to various areas for cross-functional training and aircraft familiarisation.
"The timing is perfect as we now ready for the European leg of the C Series route-proving programme.
"We are also doing something unique to ensure that SWISS crews will be ready at delivery and EIS, SWISS’ flight crews, once trained, will operate the CS100 route-proving aircraft alongside Bombardier’s own flight crews from SWISS’s main base of operations.
"They will use SWISS’s schedule, crews, maintenance crews and aircraft destinations all in the coming weeks."
Last December, the CS100 plane received a type certificate from Transport Canada. The company’s larger model CS300 aircraft is expecting to receive its type certificate in the next six months.
According to Reuters, US-based carrier Delta Air Lines is considering whether to buy the C series aircraft of Bombardier.
Image: The first CS100 aircraft is scheduled to enter service with SWISS in the second quarter of 2016. Photo: courtesy of Bombardier.
