SWISS to start Bombardier CS100 operations July 15

SWISS expects to put its first Bombardier CSeries aircraft—a CS100—into service July 15 on its first commercial flight: LX638 from Zurich to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The carrier will take delivery of the CS100 in June, becoming the launch operator for the new aircraft type. The much-delayed CSeries aircraft was originally supposed to enter service in late 2013. “We expect to have up to 9 CSeries aircraft in operation this year; this is quite a number,” SWISS CE Thomas Kluehr said. Other destinations to initially receive CS100 service will be Manchester, Prague and Budapest, followed by Warsaw and Brussels at the end of August. In September, the CS100 will serve Nice, Stuttgart, Hanover, Milan, Florence and Bucharest. The CSeries is expected to serve the Zurich-London City route from Q1 of 2017. <br/>