The route-proving CS100 aircraft bearing Canadian registration markings C-FFCO completed flights to over 30 city pairs across North Amer...
The route-proving CS100 aircraft bearing Canadian registration markings C-FFCO completed flights to over 30 city pairs across North America, concluding the first phase of the route proving activities.
The journey, which began on November 7, included 70 legs with the aircraft flying over 50,000 nautical miles (92,600 km) – the equivalent of over twice the Earth’s circumference.
The crews have been submitting the aircraft to airline-like conditions, on short to long range routes, day and night, and in various atmospheric conditions, airports and airport altitudes.
“This route-proving aircraft has been a real pleasure and impressive to watch. Performing above expectations, the CS100 is showing dispatch reliability and completion rates of 100% – a testimony to our well-prepared teams, the solid flight testing campaign, and the quality of the C Series aircraft design,” said Robert Dewar, Vice President, C Series Program.
Cities visited included Mirabel, QC; Toronto, ON; Montréal, QC; Windsor, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Moncton, NB; Halifax, NS; St-John’s, NL; Calgary, AB; Regina, SK, and Vancouver, BC. In the U.S., the aircraft has visited Denver and Montrose, CO; Wichita, KS; Boise, ID; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, FL; Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; New Orleans, LA; Nashville, TN; Seattle, WA; Raleigh/Durham, NC; San Francisco, CA; Tucson, AZ; Fort Wayne, IN and New York, NY.
The C Series aircraft will continue operating in all sorts of conditions such as: in hot and cold temperatures, in high altitude, with overseas procedures, humidity exposure and icing conditions, as well as with different passenger and baggage loadings and high workload approaches; ensuring its readiness for entry-into-service with SWISS in the first half of 2016. Expect to see the aircraft all around the world!
On November 17, Bombardier announced that the CS100 aircraft 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. Bombardier is on track to have the aircraft certified this year with Transport Canada.
