Aircraft
Bombardier C Series Wins Transport Canada Certification
Scheduled for first delivery in second quarter of 2016
The first half of a $1 billion investment in the C Series program by the province of Quebec comes due on June 30. (Photo: Bombardier)
The first half of a $1 billion investment in the C Series program by the province of Quebec comes due on June 30. (Photo: Bombardier)

The Bombardier C Series CS100 won type certification from Transport Canada on Friday, clearing the way for its entry into service with Swiss International Airlines during the second quarter of next year. The approval comes more than two years after first flight and follows more than 3,000 hours of flight testing, validation of thousands of test results and authentication of design and performance data.