Our coverage of the Farnborough Air Show begins today with an interview with Fred Comer, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. There will be paywall and freewall posts throughout the FIA16 this week.

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Introduction

July 10, 2016, © Leeham Co., Farnborough Air Show: Winning major orders from Air

Fred Comer, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

Canada and Delta Air Lines earlier this year and the entry into service of the CS100 this Friday with launch customer Swiss International Air should give Bombardier’s bet-the-company gamble a boost for more orders this year.

This is the prediction by Fred Comer, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

During an interview with LNC on a media demo flight of the CS100 at the Farnborough Air Show, Comer said the smaller BBD can compete with the behemoths Airbus and Boeing for orders in the 125-150 seat sector.

Summary

Comer says:

• Boeing’s prospective 737-7.5 still won’t be competitive.
• The CS100 is better than the Embraer EJet-E2.
• Embraer’s complaints of unfair competition because of Canadian government investment are unfounded.