Unnamed customer orders additional three CS300s

Bombardier CSeries AircraftOn February 9th, 2014, Bombardier Aerospace announced that an existing customer of CSeries aircraft placed a firm order for an additional three CS300 aircraft. The customer indicated that it wished to remain unannounced at this time.

This agreement pushes the firm order book for the CSeries to over 200 aircraft.

Bombardier also indicated that in early February, FTV3, the third CSeries aircraft built, had been handed to Bombardier’s flight test group. The company also announced that there were more than 10 aircraft in various stages of testing and production.

Including this order announced today, Bombardier has orders and commitments for 445 CSeries aircraft which includes firm orders for 201 CSeries aircraft. There are 17 airlines and leasing companies that have announced orders for CSeries aircraft.