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What's the thought on the C-Series for DAL?
Too new? Don't buy new for mainline?
Pictures of the thing nearing the end of assembly here:
Bombardier CSeries Update Part 3 — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
I think the first airplane off the production line is kind of funny. Everybody oohs and aahs over it and then five years later you avoid that particular airframe like it's Sandra Flu... the plague.
It's a really nice airplane, the first of the true "next gen" narrowbodies. Looks like a mini 787 and it basically is. If Boeing ever gets around to a new narrowbody design, I think it'll look a lot like this, only bigger. Ironically, it's airplanes like this that will make it necessary for Boeing to consider a new design, depending upon how successful Bombardier is with this plane.
I think they'll sell a lot of them, mainly overseas. I don't think DL would consider a purchase since we've already got the 717's coming online to fill that role. I understand it's an expensive plane...
If anything, I wouldn't be surprised if DL finds more 717's on the market soon. Volotea out of Spain launched 2 years ago out of Spain, right into the teeth of the economic crisis. Boeing has placed a bunch of airframes with them.