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October 7, 2015 - Bombardier Aerospace the
Canadian aircraft manufacturer has confirmed the
company held talks with Airbus in regards to
selling a stake in its family of narrow-body,
twin-engine, medium-range jet airliners know as
it CSeries aircraft which is currently under
development.
The CSeries aircraft models consist of the
CS100, that will offer 110-seats and the CS300
that will seat 135-seats. These two models would
complete with the Boeing 737 and the Airbus
A320.
Bombardier indicated the CSeries aircraft will
begin to hit the market in 2016, which is three
years after the company had originally had sated
and it is expected to be over budget to the tune
of £1.2bn.
Bombardier had anticipated the company would
have sold 300 aircraft in preorders however, the
company has been only able to sell 243. As a
result, the cash strapped Bombardier had hoped
it could convince Airbus to buy into a share of
the CSeries aircraft.
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