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Porter said to be CSeries customer for use at Toronto City Airport

Jon Ostrower was rather prolific tonight with the Tweets: Jon Ostrower ‏@jonostrower 3h .@scottdeveau Not disagreeing with the content of the Tripartite, just saying there’s a political fight coming for the future of YTZ. Expand Jon Ostrower ‏@jonostrower… Read More

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 Posted on April 8, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: 787 service return; LionAir’s A320 order; race to Paris; 777X v A350

787 to fly soon: Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, says the 787 will be back in service soon. Tests should be completed within days and he is confident in the fix. LionAir’s A320 order: In case you wondered… Read More

 65 Comments

 Posted on March 28, 2013 by

 Airbus, AirInsight, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: CSeries, 787, A320neo v 737 MAX, First vs Business; Southwest Air

CSeries Powers On, Compresses Schedule: Bombardier is racing toward its first flight. The company powered on the CS100 Flight Test Vehicle 1 yesterday and Jon Ostrower had this article about BBD compressing the schedule to stay on track… Read More

 44 Comments

 Posted on March 26, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Bombardier investors’ day: CSeries focus

We’re pretty tired of the Boeing 787 stuff, but it’s a story that simply is a daily occurrence. So it’s with some relief we have something else to talk about today. Bombardier held an investors’ day today (March… Read More

 28 Comments

 Posted on March 21, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Bombardier rolls out CSeries FTV 1 and more

Bombardier last week rolled out (sort of) CSeries CS100 Flight Test Vehicle #1 and revealed FTVs 2, 3, 4 and the start of FTV5. Officials are sticking with their timeline that the first flight will be by the… Read More

 7 Comments

 Posted on March 11, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: Setback on 787 ETOPS; Ray Conner profile; 777X ATO near; CSeries

Since we were in transit yesterday, here are a number of articles that are a day late in being posted here. Boeing 787: New York Times: Setback in Boeing’s Hope for Longer Range Puget Sound Business Journal: Steve… Read More

 41 Comments

 Posted on March 9, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Bombardier confirms 160-seat CSeries

Bombardier today confirmed what had been widely reported, that it is offering a 160-seat, high-density version of the CS300. The company made the announcement in advance of its program update and the “reveal” of the first Flight Test… Read More

 38 Comments

 Posted on March 7, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries

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Odds and Ends: NTSB issues 787 report today; FAA readies OK; A350-800 future debated

NTSB Report Comes Today: The National Transportation Safety Board issues its preliminary report on the Boeing 787 JAL fire today, around 11am ET.  Here is the NTSB 787 page that has been updated throughout the process. We’re traveling… Read More

 51 Comments

 Posted on March 7, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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First production CSeries reveal March 7; BBD sees Russia as ripe market

Bombardier earnings call today: CSeries: Bombardier will reveal its first production aircraft March 7, the company said on its earnings call today. First year production will be 20-30 aircraft, and up to 120 a year by 3 1/2… Read More

 43 Comments

 Posted on February 21, 2013 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, Pratt & Whitney

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Airbus may drop lithium batteries from A350; BCA CEO appeals to SPEEA members

Airbus may drop Lithium batteries: Bloomberg reports that Airbus may drop lithium ion batteries from the A350 in the wake of the problems encountered by Boeing. Reuters has this report. A switch to standard batteries would delay the… Read More

 51 Comments

 Posted on February 8, 2013 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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