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Bombardier Lands C Series Orders
The Bombardier C Series appears to have assumed some much overdue sales momentum recently, as the Canadian company announced two separate orders for the ne

The Bombardier C Series appears to have assumed some much overdue sales momentum recently, as the Canadian company announced two separate orders for the new single-aisle over the span of a week last month.

The first, revealed on June 1, is a firm order for five CS100s and five CS300s from Sweden’s Braathens Leasing, a division of Braathens Aviation. The order, worth some $665 million according to Bombardier, could rise in value to $1.37 billion if Braathens converts the options it placed on 10 more airplanes to firm status. The Braathens order accounts for the C Series’ first sale since Indianapolis-based Republic Airways inked a so-called purchase agreement covering 40 CS300s in February last year.