Bombardier launches high density CS300 with Air Baltic as the first customer
 

Bombardier now officially has a launch customer for CS300 Extra Crowded:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...baltic-383179/
Air Baltic, 148 seats out of the 160 seat maximum.

This is not only relevant to Air Baltic (Other European Airlines) passengers because
1) there are other, unnamed airlines who may share the interest in CS300 Extra Crowded, with up to 160 seats
and 2) Bombardier also offers Extra Crowded doors as retrofits to CS300 frames originally delivered with space for 145 or fewer cattle.

They are going to have some stiff competition from the Boeing 747 Max and Airbus NEO.

a 747mini, or MAX? :D

Actually, only 737MAX or A320NEO. There is no 747MAX. There is no such thing about 747MAX.

Typo, I meant 737 MAX ; )

CS100Base can take off in 1219 m at MTOW, SL, ISA. Can A320NEO match that?

Yes, this will increased more range. This will have enough more capabilities, and more fuel efficient.

One of them got a name:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-ne...-iraqi-airways

Iraqi Airways.
Not only is it a new record, with 152 seats total. But whereas Air Baltic´s 148 are presumably equally tourist class with no real business seats, as is the wont of Europaean airlines, Iraqi Airways finds space for 12 first class seats... somewhere.

What is the pitch left for the 140 cattle seats?

CSeries finally delayed!
 

About a year:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...-entry-394921/

Too bad, but i think its going to be a great plane. Too bad it doesnt have alot of orders.

Listing the orders:
Malmö Aviation: 5x CS100, 5X CS300, 10 options
Swiss - 30x CS100, 20 options
Privatair - 5x CS100, 5 options
LCI - 3x CS100, 17X CS300, 20 options
Republic - 40x CS300, 40 options
Korean - 10x CS300, 10 options, 10 "purchase rights"
Air Baltic - 10x CS300, 10 "purchase rights"
Ilyushin Finance - 32x CS100, 10 options
Iraqi Airways - 5x CS300, 11 options
SaudiGulf Airlines - 16x CS300, 10 options
Gulf Air - 10x CS100, 6 options
Odyssey - 10x CS100

commitments:
Atlasjet - 10x CS300
Porter - 12x CS100, 18 options
CDB Leasing - 5x CS100, 10x CS300, 15 options

A plane like this deserves a list twice as long.

In service!
 

CS300 entered into service today with Air Baltic by flying Riga to Amsterdam.