Bombardier C Series buoyed by Qatar interest, GE's Canada deal
Bombardier’s marquee C Series jet, which hasn’t won a major new contract in more than a year, got a boost from interest at Qatar Airways and Air Baltic and from a new jet-leasing venture between the planemaker’s largest outside shareholder and GE. The single-aisle model could be suited to an Indian operation that Qatar Air has won permission to establish, the carrier’s CE, Akbar Al Baker, said Monday. AirBaltic said the first jets from an order for 20 CS300s have outperformed fuel-burn targets and confirmed it is progressing with an evaluation of the smaller CS100 variant. Qatar Air said in March that it aims to set up a short-haul airline in India with a fleet of 100 narrow-body planes as its renews a push to tap one of the world’s fastest-growing travel markets. <br/>
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Bombardier C Series buoyed by Qatar interest, GE's Canada deal
Bombardier’s marquee C Series jet, which hasn’t won a major new contract in more than a year, got a boost from interest at Qatar Airways and Air Baltic and from a new jet-leasing venture between the planemaker’s largest outside shareholder and GE. The single-aisle model could be suited to an Indian operation that Qatar Air has won permission to establish, the carrier’s CE, Akbar Al Baker, said Monday. AirBaltic said the first jets from an order for 20 CS300s have outperformed fuel-burn targets and confirmed it is progressing with an evaluation of the smaller CS100 variant. Qatar Air said in March that it aims to set up a short-haul airline in India with a fleet of 100 narrow-body planes as its renews a push to tap one of the world’s fastest-growing travel markets. <br/>
