Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the CS100 aircraft has completed its certification flight testing, subject to Transport Ca...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the CS100 aircraft has completed its certification flight testing, subject to Transport Canada’s final review and acceptance.
Concurrently, Bombardier is finalizing the submission of the remaining Type Certificate documentation for Transport Canada approval.
CS100 aircraft is conducting its route proving exercises and touching down at airports across Canada and in the U.S.
Since starting route proving, on November 7, 2015, the CS100 aircraft has made stops in Mirabel, QC; Toronto, ON; Montréal, QC; Windsor, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Moncton, NB; Halifax, NS; St-John’s, NL; Calgary, AB; and Regina, SK. In the U.S., the aircraft has visited Denver, CO; Wichita, KS; Boise, ID; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; New Orleans, LA; Nashville, TN; Seattle, WA and Raleigh/Durham, NC.
The route-proving flights, which are being conducted using typical airline flight routings and operational procedures, are scheduled to include approximately 15 city pairs in Canada and 20 in the U.S, before moving on to Europe.
The all-new single aisle C Series aircraft – the first new aircraft produced for the 100- to 150-seat segment in the last three decades, will offers operators potential savings of between US$ 7.5 to 12 million per aircraft and is scheduled to enter service with SWISS in the first half of 2016.
The C Series aircraft's maximum range has also been confirmed to be up to 3,300 NM (6,112 km), some 350 NM (648 km) more than originally targeted.
