125-seat Bombardier CS300 almost ready for first flight - more orders in US?

[Russ]

Johnsonrod

The C-Series can also fly more than 2,000 miles full and it can operate on short runways like Aspen

It may have the performance to operate at ASE, but is too heavy and has too great a wingspan to operate there under current rules.

 

[General Lee]

Johnsonrod



It may have the performance to operate at ASE, but is too heavy and has too great a wingspan to operate there under current rules.

Russ,

Is it bigger than a Bae 146? Those operated into ASE with great frequency, and I think they were bigger than your CR7s.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Russ]

Wingspan limit of 95 ft and weight limit of 100K. The wingspan limit is due to taxiway proximity to the runway and to a berm adjacent to the taxiway. The 100K limit is more arbitrary, in place to placate some in the community about larger aircraft coming into ASE. There's talk of moving the runway, at least in part to allow larger wingspan aircraft. Doing so, and lifting the 100K restriction is a tall order. Simply adding 1000 ft of runway to existing airport property took quite some time. I think the 700 will soldier on in ASE for quite some time.

 

[johnsonrod]

CS300 just arrived in Paris for the airshow

Pretty looking airplane with impressive performance numbers:

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/574012/c-ffdk-bombardier-bombardier-cs300/

Would love to see some flying for the legacies by legacy pilots. This thing is far more efficient than any old E190 or E195... The question is can they bring the acquisition price down low enough per unit to compete with used E190s???? There is talk of maybe building a CS500 (once the CS100 and CS300 are established) to compete with the standard 738/A320 types in the 150-seat category in the future. Time will tell............

 

[johnsonrod]

SWISS is already preparing for delivery of the first CS100 aircraft. The CS300 should follow in 6 months (mid-to-latter 2016) later.

Here's a good update regarding initial SWISS pilot training to develop the eventual training manuals:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rItaS0eh3gI#t=140

Would love to see the CS300 eventually at a legacy!

 

[SIG600]

Pretty looking airplane with impressive performance numbers:

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/574012/c-ffdk-bombardier-bombardier-cs300/

Would love to see some flying for the legacies by legacy pilots. This thing is far more efficient than any old E190 or E195... The question is can they bring the acquisition price down low enough per unit to compete with used E190s???? There is talk of maybe building a CS500 (once the CS100 and CS300 are established) to compete with the standard 738/A320 types in the 150-seat category in the future. Time will tell............

Couldn't get any uglier than a CRJ.

 

[johnsonrod]

Couldn't get any uglier than a CRJ.

It certainly looks better than almost anything out there other than the 787 IMHO:

http://www.airteamimages.com/bombardier-cs100_C-GWXZ_swiss-international-air-lines_223659_large.html

But looks don't pay the bills.................. It needs to be flown by a Legacy carrier and we know Republic has 40 orders for the bigger CS300... Who in the US could buy them? UAL? Delta? Evidently huge fuel savings compared to A319/20s and 737-700s.

 

[Dornier 335]

Couldn't get any uglier than a CRJ.

That's reserved for the MRJ!

Any ideas where TSA is gonna put them? UAL?

 

[FLYLOW22]

Their gamble on airliner flying has significantly hampered their ability to serve the GA side of the house too.

It doesn't matter if you're a major customer with $7 billion of aircraft in order... BMBRD is faltering and missing delivery targets.