At the Dubai Airshow, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the CS100 aircraft flight test program is close to 100 per cent com...
At the Dubai Airshow, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that the CS100 aircraft flight test program is close to 100 per cent complete.
Only a few tests remain to be completed and Bombardier is on track to have the aircraft certified this year with Transport Canada.
Bombardier also announced that function and reliability (F&R) testing on the C Series aircraft commenced with a four-leg flight yesterday by the CS100 F&R test aircraft.
The first F&R flight, which started and ended in Mirabel, Québec, included stops in Moncton, New Brunswick; Halifax, Nova Scotia and St-John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The F&R test flights, which will be 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, then will take place in Europe.deliver the aircraft in the first half of 2016 to SWISS Airline.
