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Bombardier Aerospace announced that an airline, which is based in the Americas, has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 12 CS100 airliners with options on an additional 18, at this time the airline has requested to remain undisclosed, based on the list price of the CS100 a firm order would be valued at $870 million increasing to $2.08 billion if all options are exercised.
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft President Mike Arcamone said “We are thrilled with the worldwide momentum of interest being shown for the CSeries aircraft program and we are pleased that customers in both our traditional aviation markets and growth markets are exploring opportunities and centering business cases around the use of the CSeries jetliners. This customer selected the CS100 jetliners based on the flexibility and superior operational efficiencies offered only by the CSeries aircraft family”.
The wings for the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV1) are being mated to the fuselage at the company’s final assembly facility in Mirabel, Québec, after arriving from Bombardier Aerospace Belfast in December. Assembly of FTV1 is progressing smoothly in preparation for first flight by the end of June 2013.
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