Challenger 850s keep Flying Colours busy
Orders for Bombardier’s Ch

Orders for Bombardier’s Challenger 850 are keeping Canadian MRO, completion and refurbishment center Flying Colours (Stand 1935) busy installing interiors in these purpose-built executive/VIP descendants of the Canadair CRJ200 regional jet.

According to Sean Gillespie, director of completion sales and management, the Challenger 850 is particularly popular in the Asia-Pacific Rim region. The cabin outfitter expects to deliver five of them to operators in China and another to an owner in India by the end of the year. A sixth delivery to a Chinese buyer is scheduled for in 2012. “They like the large cabin size, range that will take it nonstop to most destinations in China and a price-point in the $26 million range,” he explained.