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Jun 30, 2016 (newstodate): Two-and-a-half years of delays, millions and millions of dollars over budgets and until recently on the brink of collapse - and yet the first Bombardier CS series aircraft has now entered commercial life.
First to put the CS100 aircraft into commercial service will be the Lufthansa Group's Swiss that has taken delivery of its first of aircraft ordered on June 29, 2016.
According to plans, the aircraft will start scheduled operations from July 15, 2016, from Zurich to Paris CDG.
The next mile-stone will be the delivery of the first larger version of the CS aircraft - the CS300 due for arrival at Latvia's Riga Airport in the colors of airBaltic that has placed firm orders for a total of 20 aircraft.
The delivery will take place in September, and the airline expects to have four aircraft in the fleet by year-end.
-With the first CS300 delivery, the aircraft will not enter daily commercial operations right away. At first we will let the aircraft perform flights on some selected routes for crew and airport familiarization. With the second delivery, one CS300 aircraft will be allocated to route services, and after that one CS300 will always be kept outside the daily operations to secure backup capacity, Martin Gauss, airBaltic CEO, told newstodate in April 2016.
First to put the CS100 aircraft into commercial service will be the Lufthansa Group's Swiss that has taken delivery of its first of aircraft ordered on June 29, 2016.
According to plans, the aircraft will start scheduled operations from July 15, 2016, from Zurich to Paris CDG.
The next mile-stone will be the delivery of the first larger version of the CS aircraft - the CS300 due for arrival at Latvia's Riga Airport in the colors of airBaltic that has placed firm orders for a total of 20 aircraft.
The delivery will take place in September, and the airline expects to have four aircraft in the fleet by year-end.
-With the first CS300 delivery, the aircraft will not enter daily commercial operations right away. At first we will let the aircraft perform flights on some selected routes for crew and airport familiarization. With the second delivery, one CS300 aircraft will be allocated to route services, and after that one CS300 will always be kept outside the daily operations to secure backup capacity, Martin Gauss, airBaltic CEO, told newstodate in April 2016.