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Bombardier Lands C Series LOI with Turkey’s Atlasjet

Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 C Series CS300 narrowbodies.

Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 C Series CS300 narrowbodies at Dubai 2011. At the November 15 signing were (L-R): Bombardier Aerospace vp of sales Chet Fuller, president and COO Guy Hachey, Atlasjet chairman Murat Ersoy and Orhan Coskun from Atlasjet.

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

November 15, 2011

Bombardier registered a much-welcome letter of intent (LOI) for the C Series CS300 on Tuesday at the Dubai Air Show, when Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 of the new narrowbodies. The potential contract, worth as much as $1.18 billion if Atlasjet exercises a further five options covered by the LOI, could become firm by year-end, said Bombardier vice president of sales Chet Fuller.

Schedules still call for the 125- to 145-seat CS300–the larger of the two C Series variants–to gain certification at the end of 2014. Atlasjet plans to take deliveries from the first quarter of 2016 through mid-2017. Although Bombardier hasn’t released information on seat capacity, Fuller did confirm that Atlasjet plans to take the airplanes with a high-density, single-class configuration. Bombardier expects authorities to certify the 110- to 125-seat CS100 in late 2013.

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