25 Facts About Bombardier CSeries

On 5 February 1996, Bombardier CSeries began discussions with Fokker about acquiring that company's assets, but after evaluating the potential purchase, Bombardier CSeries announced an end to the talks on 27 February.

On 8 September 1998, Bombardier CSeries then launched the BRJ-X, or "Bombardier CSeries Regional Jet eXpansion", a larger regional jet than the Canadair Regional Jet due to enter service in 2003.

Bombardier CSeries appointed Gary Scott on 8 March 2004 to evaluate the creation of a New Commercial Aircraft Program.

On 31 January 2006, Bombardier announced that market conditions could not justify the launch of the program, and that the company would reorient CSeries project efforts, team and resources to regional jet and turboprop aircraft.

On 31 January 2007, Bombardier CSeries announced that work on the aircraft would continue, with entry into service planned for 2013.

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Bombardier estimated the market for the 100- to 149-seat market segment of the CSeries to be 6,300 units over 20 years, representing more than $250 billion revenue over the next 20 years; the company expects to capture up to half of this market.

Bombardier CSeries subsequently settled on a single variant, with extended range becoming the new standard.

In March 2009, Bombardier CSeries confirmed major suppliers: Alenia Aeronautica for the composite horizontal and vertical stabilisers, Fokker Elmo for the wiring and interconnection systems and Goodrich Corporation Actuation Systems: design and production of the flap and slat actuation systems.

Bombardier CSeries competed with the smaller variants of the A320 family aircraft.

In January 2010, Bombardier was about to reach the design freeze for the CSeries and announced that CS100 deliveries were planned to start in 2013, and CS300 deliveries would follow a year later.

In June 2012, Bombardier CSeries reaffirmed the first flight should happen before the year's end with subsequent entry into service remaining 2013.

In November, Bombardier CSeries said that some areas of the program were late due to unspecified supplier issues, and announced a delay of six months to both the first flight to June 2013 and entry into service of the CS100 one year later.

The incident kept Bombardier from displaying the CSeries at one of the most important aerospace events in that year, the biennial Farnborough Airshow.

On 27 March, Bombardier CSeries confirmed that Canadian certification for the CS100 should come in late 2015 with entry into service in 2016.

At the 2015 Paris Air Show, Bombardier CSeries released updated performance data, showing improvements over the initial specifications.

Accordingly, Bombardier CSeries announced that the first production CS100 would soon commence function and reliability tests.

In 2015 Bombardier offered to sell a majority stake in the CSeries programme to Airbus.

At the time of CS100 certification by Transport Canada in December 2015, the Bombardier CSeries had 250 firm orders and letters of intent, plus commitments for another 360; most of these were for the CS300 model, which was expected to be certified by the summer of 2016.

In 2016, Bombardier achieved its goal of delivering seven CSeries aircraft to both launch operators, Swiss and airBaltic.

At the programme launch, Bombardier CSeries had forecast 315 annual deliveries from 2008 to 2027 for 100- to 150-seat airliners, but in the first 10.

On 28 April 2016, Bombardier Aerospace recorded a firm order from Delta Air Lines for 75 CSeries CS100s plus 50 options.

Embraer believed supply chain costs could not be reduced enough to make the Bombardier CSeries profitable, viewing it as heavy, expensive and adapted to long, thin routes exceeding the range of E-jet E2, a close rival for market share.

In January 2010, JP Morgan reported that Bombardier was considering a 150-seat version of the CSeries; Bombardier described the report as speculative.

At the Farnborough Airshow in July 2012, Bombardier CSeries started discussions with AirAsia about a proposed 160-seat configuration for the CS300.

In May 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported that Bombardier CSeries was considering marketing a CS500, a further stretch of the CS300, to compete with the 160- to 180-seat versions of the Boeing 737 and A320 airliners, but was uncommitted.

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