Bombardier

In October of 2009, British Airways launched a unique route titled “Club World London City,” offering a business class only configuration of the Airbus A318. While the service is certainly unique, it isn’t flawless. Due to aircraft range limitations and in order to land as a domestic flight in New York, the aircraft touches down […]

As trading at the Paris Air Show 2017 comes to an end, it was yet again a big day for Boeing, while Airbus gained a little bit of momentum as well. Bombardier also had a great show. Other than these three manufacturers, day four was a relatively slow day for orders and news following the […]

As the second day of the Paris Air Show 2017 comes to a close, it has produced new orders across the board from all of the major aircraft manufacturers. Boeing again has come out strong against main rival Airbus, and Embraer, ATR, and Bombardier all secured more orders on Tuesday. Boeing Boeing sold a total […]

As Day 1 of this year’s Paris Air Show concludes, it has been a strong start unsurprisingly for Boeing and Airbus, as they wrack up over 100 orders each. Throughout the course of the week, AirlineGeeks will break down the numbers and provide context for new orders and aircraft designs. Airbus Airbus started the day […]

On Friday, Bombardier announced that Swiss International Airlines took delivery of their first CS300 aircraft at Bombardier’s C Series manufacturing facility in Mirabel, Canada. SWISS has planned the CS300’s first commercial maiden flight on June 1, 2017, operating from Geneva to Heathrow. The airline intends to take delivery of 30 total CS100 and CS300 aircraft. “We […]

With British West Indies Airways removing its island hopping service in the 1990s, new carriers started to pop up. One of these new carriers was the Antigua and Barbuda based Caribbean Star Airlines. The carrier started operations in the eastern portion of the Caribbean in June 2000 with the use of Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops. […]

On September 27th, the first Bombardier C Series CS300 for airBaltic kicked off its commercial adventure with the first CS300 landing at Riga, Latvia. The aircraft will be based in Riga and will operate short and medium-haul flights between the airline’s hub and various destinations such as Vilnius, Lithuania, Tallinn, Estonia, and Abu Dhabi. All […]

Air Canada and Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that an order for C Series aircraft has been finalized. The airline originally signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) in February 2016 for new C Series aircraft, and today finalized an order for 45 CS300 aircraft with options for an additional 30. “We are proud to have […]

Delta is continuing its narrowbody fleet renewal with a firm order for 75 Bombardier CS100 aircraft. As part of the agreement, Delta has the option for 50 more aircraft, with the additional opportunity to change the order to the upgraded CS300 at any time. As a result of the CSeries purchase, the E190 will no […]

The diverse United Airlines fleet had 256 50-seat regional jets at the end of 2015. A few weeks ago, United announced their order for 40 Boeing 737-700 aircraft. This will allow the Chicago-based carrier to reduce its fleet of 50-seat aircraft by more than half by 2019. “We are continuing to pursue additional aircraft to […]