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Nov 10, 2016 (newstodate): At long last, and after a series of postponements, Bombardier will finally deliver its first CS300 aircraft to it launch customer, the Latvian carrier airBaltic.
The delivery has now been set at December 1, 2016, after another last-minute delay, and the carrier will celebrate the event with a formal ceremony late that afternoon at Riga Airport.
After the delivery, the aircraft will be gradually phased into commercial service on selected flights to familiarize crews and airports with the new aircraft.
airBaltic has placed firm orders for the delivery of a total of 20 CS300 aircraft, with the first four earlier expected to be in the fleet before the end of 2016.
The first deliveries were originally slated for 2013 but the launch flight by the CS100 aircraft was only on September 26, 2013, about one year later than originally planned as the program was hit by numerous technical and not least financial snags along the way.
As late as November 2015, the carrier still expected to have 10 CS300 aircraft flying before the end of 2016.
The delivery has now been set at December 1, 2016, after another last-minute delay, and the carrier will celebrate the event with a formal ceremony late that afternoon at Riga Airport.
After the delivery, the aircraft will be gradually phased into commercial service on selected flights to familiarize crews and airports with the new aircraft.
airBaltic has placed firm orders for the delivery of a total of 20 CS300 aircraft, with the first four earlier expected to be in the fleet before the end of 2016.
The first deliveries were originally slated for 2013 but the launch flight by the CS100 aircraft was only on September 26, 2013, about one year later than originally planned as the program was hit by numerous technical and not least financial snags along the way.
As late as November 2015, the carrier still expected to have 10 CS300 aircraft flying before the end of 2016.