Airbus and Boeing's greatest threat just arrived -- A Canadian Jet Maker

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SOURCE: BUSINESS INSIDER

URL: http://www.businessinsider.com/bombardier-cseries-airbus-boeing-threat-enter-service-swiss-2016-7

by: Benjamin Zhang


Bombardier's long-awaited C-Series entered service with Swiss Global Airlines on Friday.

The state-of-the-art Canadian airliner opened its career with a short flight from Zurich to Paris.

The Swiss Global Bombardier is the first of 30 C-Series jets the airline has on order, split evenly between the smaller CS100 and the larger CS300.

"I am extremely proud that we are the first airline in the world to put this totally newly developed aircraft into service," Swiss Global's Chief Commercial Officer Markus Binkert said in a statement. "The Bombardier CS100 is a class act in every respect: comfort, economics, and environmental credentials."



According to Airways Mag Managing Editor Chris Sloan, the CS100's first flight with Swiss went flawlessly, apart from a slight delay caused by a glitch while switching from ground power to onboard electricity. Passengers were served a snack of trout mousse and black forest roulade, reported Sloan, who was on the 54-minute flight.

Swiss Global's Bombardier CS100 is outfitted with 101 seats (30 business-class and 71 economy-class) and will be replacing the airline's aging Avro RJ100 regional jets.

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She looks like she has a mighty big fuel tank. Longer runs than most regional jets.