Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
...Report darkens Bombardier C Series hopes...Maybe without the orders they want and cash to play with BBD will instead drive this aircraft harder and faster towards being on time and the performer they promised. It's hard now but maybe it'll work out for them in the long run because of the simple axiom you can't waste money you never had unless you're the government....
At this point the trajectories of Bombardier and Dornier start to overlap.
For Bombardier the C-Series is the corporate equivalent of the DO 728/928
LH was again the launch customer, but few other orders trickled in.
For Dornier, just like for Bombardier the bread-and-butter plane orders dried up. At this point Bombardier's order backlog is minuscule and the promised profits from the C-Series are far away...
Boeing doing the 737-7MAX just put another nail in the coffin for the C-Series.
Bombardiers saving grace is the Q400 and the corporate portfolio...
Cheers
George