Bombardier Aerospace unveiled its new CSeries flightdeck demonstrator Sunday at the Dubai Air Show. The Canadian manufacturer also held a briefing at which Bombardier Aerospace president and COO Guy Hachey cautioned about pressure on the program schedule, although he expressed satisfaction at arch rival Embraer’s indication that it would re-engine E-Jets rather than launch a CSeries competitor.
Hachey noted that the CSeries program had progressed at least halfway through its development, although he struck a cautionary tone about the official target of year-end 2013 for certification and entry into service. Still, he insisted that he is confident Bombardier would meet its schedule, as long as the company burned no more of its time buffer. Bombardier has used virtually all of the buffer it built into the program’s schedule, said Hachey, who further acknowledged that delays associated with the fuselage built by China’s Shenyang Aircraft have contributed to the loss of “contingency” time.
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