THE SKY'S FORCSERIES THE LIMIT

摘要

Now comes the hard part. With its first flight out of the way, Bombardier needs to beef up the order book for its CSeries, which sat at a meagre 177 firm orders at the time of its first flight on Oct. 16, far short of Bombardier s goal of 300 by the time the aircraft is scheduled to enter service either next year or in 2015. And it won't be easy. While Bombardier is banging up against the smaller aircraft of Airbus and Boeing, Embraer is nipping at its heels as the Brazilian company joins the challenge to the two dominant players in the 100- to 160-seat market. The CS100 will seat 110 in a typical configuration, while the larger CS300 will seat between 135 and 160, depending on configuration.