Aircraft
Bombardier Gets C Series Boost as ATR Sales Soar
Turkey's Atlasjet commits to Bombardier's CS300 and NordStar opts for ATR42s
Atlasjet is set to buy Bombardier's new CS300 twinjets.
Atlasjet is set to buy Bombardier's new CS300 twinjets.

The Dubai Air Show last week brought a welcome breakthrough for Bombardier’s efforts to build a sound base of sales for its new C Series airliner. Turkey’s Atlasjet signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 15 of the CS300 version. According to Chet Fuller, Bombardier sales vice president, the agreement could be firmed up by year-end. 

Schedules still call for the 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. If Atlasjet exercises the further five options covered by the LOI, the value of the deal could rise to $1.18 billion.