Bombardier says C Series shift to Airbus allows it to focus on regional planes
by ROSS MAROWITS, THE CANADIAN PRESS With its focus no longer diverted by the aircraft formerly known as the C Series, Bombardier Inc. says it is working to improve the profitability of its regional jets and turboprops by boosting sales and cutting costs. The Montreal-based transportation giant’s regional aircraft order backlog rose to 116 planes, […]
Italian aerospace group Leonardo is negotiating with Airbus to secure new terms for the supply of A220 components.
02 AUGUST, 2018 SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM BY: MICHAEL GUBISCH LONDON Leonardo chief executive Alessandro Profumo said during a results briefing on 30 July that the group had initiated legal proceedings against Bombardier before Airbus took over control of the A220 programme – previously known as the CSeries – in July, and that the case had now […]
airBaltic receives its tenth Airbus A220-300 (CS300)
Riga. The Latvian airline airBaltic received the tenth Airbus A220-300 aircraft, registered as YL-CSJ, in Riga on July 20. By the end of 2018, airBaltic plans to have a total of 14 A220-300 aircraft on its fleet. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “This is the first Airbus A220-300 aircraft we have received since Airbus officially […]
AirBaltic to move to an all-A220 fleet by 2022
Victoria Moores | ATW PlusLatvian carrier airBaltic will phase out its 11 remaining Boeing 737s by 2020 and 12 Bombardier Q400s by 2022, leaving it with an all Airbus A220-300 fleet. AirBaltic was the A220-300 launch customer, when the program was branded as the Bombardier CSeries. It was renamed the A220 in early July. The airline’s total […]
JetBlue orders 60 A220-300s (Bombardier CS300) to replace E190s
By Sean Broderick, sean.broderick@aviationweek.com JetBlue Airways, providing an early boost to the newly rebranded Airbus A220 line and delivering a notable blow to Embraer, has placed an order for 60 A220-300s—previously known as Bombardier CS300s—and earmarked them as E190 replacements. Delivers are planned to start in 2020. The deal, the first announced under the new […]