Aircraft
Bombardier Confident It Will Hit C Series Delivery Target for 2017
Despite going more than two months without delivering an airplane, company expects to ship between 30 and 35 airplanes this year
Swiss International Airlines' Bombardier CS100s can fly as far as 2,228 nautical miles with a full passenger load from London City. (Photo: Bombardier)
Swiss International Airlines' Bombardier CS100s can fly as far as 2,228 nautical miles with a full passenger load from London City. (Photo: Bombardier)

Swiss International Airlines’ acceptance of its sixth Bombardier CS100 on March 8 marked the first C Series delivery of the year, highlighting interruptions caused by persistent supply chain bottlenecks. Still, the Canadian airframe maker expects to deliver between 30 and 35 airplanes this year, as Pratt & Whitney, for one, continues to assure customers that it has addressed fan blade production problems and will soon solve technical “issues” related to parts such as the engines’ combustor.