Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier?

Travel Rob 1/26/157:41 PM

Canadian Bombardier is trying to break into the narrow-body passenger jet market controlled by Boeing and Airbus . Their CS100 is scheduled to be released in the second half of this year and their longer CS300 is to follow six months later

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Paul HeymontGumbo Guru

Interesting stuff...but I wouldn't bet on success. As the article points out, Bombardier may have let some of its better assets and businesses get stale while chasing this Holy Grail...and it may even have let its real competitor, Embraer, take advantage...

We'll see...

Travel RobGumbo Guru

I have a few more planes that I'd like to ride on now and I hope they will find a market .A very gutsy move taking on two titans like Boeing and Airbus.

1/26/1510:32 PM

DrFumblefingerGumbo Guru

If it's a quality plane fairly priced, there will be a market for it.

In many ways it's a jet perfect for many Canadian connections and it's likely the Canadian airlines and regionals will buy a lot of them.

1/26/1510:39 PM

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