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Festival "Ça Sonne A La Porte (CSALP)" sur la pelouse de Grossoeuvre, près d'Evreux, Normandie, juin 2023.

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I think one of the insidious things about this whole generatave art 'AI' slop-fest we are living in, is that it erodes a very basic right we take for granted.

The right not to work for a person and or entity. We're contributing our effort to an AI company's bottom line when ever they csalp our aty, our writing as training data, all without permission. Any time someone asks for a generatave output 'in the style of' a known artist, they are being used (or else why make the request), and the creator has no way to opt out. Think of how many musicans have had to sue to stop political causes they despise using their music in campeghn events. Think of how an actor or a writer's career can be damaged by the wrong project, or reputation by working for the wrong person. THAT is what they mean to take from us "Oh no, it wasnt you it was just trained on you". Remember the flack Scarlet Johansen got for plaing Kusinagi in the GITS live-action? How long before AI gets good enough, and contracts clever enough that its hard to prove that no, that actor didnt take the role, and the company AIed them in any way?

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The cultural melding of Airbus & Bombardier in Mirabel

The cultural melding of Airbus & Bombardier in Mirabel

During our recent visit to the Mirabel facility, where the former Bombardier C Series is built, and now is called the Airbus A220, our media group was exposed to the new team.  This team consists of former Bombardier people and new Airbus people coming from Toulouse, France.

Several former Bombardier people now are firmly part of Airbus.  The fact that this new team, combining quite different…

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CSALP bargaining begins! – IAMAW

CSALP bargaining begins! – IAMAW

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Montréal, QC – The IAM opened its first round of bargaining with CSALP- C-series Airbus Limited Partnership this week.

“I’m encouraged by the goals the employer placed before us in our first meeting,” explained IAM Québec Coordinator David Chartrand. “They know they have a fine product in the A220-100/300 and they want to increase their rate of production which is good news for our…

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Airbus announcement has come shortly after its rival's, Boeing, statement on the new name for its JV with Embraer. Coincidence?

New Name for Airbus & Bombardier: Airbus Canada

Airbus announced a new name for its partnership with Bombardier, known as the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP). Starting 1 June, 2019, it will become Airbus Canada Limited Partnership. "The new name reflects the majority …

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Airbus ve Bombardier, C Serisi uçaklarda işbirliği yaptı http://ift.tt/2ys8h6E

  Airbus, C Serisi Uçaklar Limited Ortaklığı’nda çoğunluk hissesi satın alıyor

Ortaklık, önümüzdeki 20 yıl içinde 6.000’in üzerinde yeni uçak siparişi beklenen 100-150 koltuklu pazar segmenti ile birbirini tamamlayan iki ürün grubunu bir araya getiriyor

Airbus’ın küresel erişim ve ölçeği ile Bombardier’in en yeni uçak ailesinin bu kombinasyonu, müşteriler, tedarikçiler, çalışanlar ve hissedarlar için önemli ölçüde değer yaratacak

Airbus’ın tedarik zinciri uzmanlığından faydalanılarak C Serisi üretim maliyetlerinde kayda değer ölçüde tasarruf sağlanması öngörülüyor

Québec’e Bağlılık: Her iki şirketin de küresel tedarik zincirlerinin desteğiyle, C Serisi Uçak Limited Ortaklığı merkezi ve birincil montaj hattı, Québec olacak

Airbus’ın küresel endüstriyel katkısı, Québec operasyonları ve ülke genelinde olumlu bir etki yaratarak Kanada’daki C Serisi Nihai Montaj Hattı ile genişliyor

C Serisi için büyüyen pazar, ABD’li müşterilere hizmet veren, Mobile Alabama’daki ikinci Nihai Montaj Hattı ile sonuçlanıyor

Airbus SE ve Bombardier Inc., C Serisi uçak programında ortak oluyor. Ortaklığı içeren anlaşma, 16 Ekim 2017 tarihinde imzalandı. Anlaşma, Airbus‘ın küresel erişimi ve ölçeği ile Bombardier‘in en son teknoloji ürünü uçak ailesini bir araya getiriyor. Her iki şirket de, C Serisi platformunu, değerini tam olarak açığa çıkaracak şekilde konumlandırırken, müşteriler, tedarikçiler, çalışanlar ve hissedarlar için önemli ölçüde yeni değer yaratıyor.

  Anlaşma kapsamında Airbus, C Serisi üreten ve satan oluşum, ‘C Serisi Uçakları Limited Ortaklığı’na (C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP)) tedarik, satış ve pazarlama ve müşteri destek uzmanlığı sağlayacak. Airbus CSALP’de %50.01 çoğunluk hissesine sahipken, Bombardier ve Investissement Québec (IQ) sırasıyla yaklaşık %31 ve %19 paya sahip olacak.

  CSALP’nin merkezi ve birincil montaj hattı ve ilgili işlevleri, Airbus’un global erişim ve ölçeği ile Québec’de kalacak. Airbus’un küresel endüstriyel ayak izi, Kanada’daki Nihai Montaj Hattı ve Alabama, Birleşik Devletler’deki Airbus üretim tesisinde ilave C Serisi üretimi ile genişleyecek. Programın güçlendirilmesi ve küresel işbirliğinin, Quebec ve Kanada havacılık operasyonları üzerinde olumlu etkileri olacağına inanılıyor.

  Tek koridor pazarı, gelecekte uçaklar için beklenen küresel tahmini rakamın %70’ini temsil eden kilit bir büyüme faktörü. 100-150 koltuk aralığında olan C Serisi, tek koridorun 150-240 koltuk aralığındaki daha üst seviyesine odaklanan Airbus’ın mevcut tek koridorlu uçak portföyünü fazlasıyla tamamlıyor. Airbus’ın bu girişime katacağı birinci sınıf satış, pazarlama ve destek ağının C Serisi’nin ticari ivmesini güçlendirmesi ve hızlandırması bekleniyor. Ayrıca, Airbus’ın, tedarik zinciri uzmanlığı sayesinde C Serisi üretim maliyetlerinde ciddi tasarruf sağlanması bekleniyor.

  Airbus Kanada’ya ve havacılık sektörüne, Kanadalı tedarikçileri ile Airbus’ın küresel tedarik zincirine erişimlerini genişletmeyi taahhüt ediyor. Bu yeni C Serisi ortaklığı, önümüzdeki uzun yıllar boyunca Kanada’da işlerin devam edeceğinin güvencesini verdi.

  Airbus CEO’su Tom Enders, “Bu, her iki taraf için de bir kazan-kazan anlaşması. C-Serisi, son teknoloji ürünü tasarımı ve mükemmel ekonomisi ile mevcut tek koridorlu uçak ailemize mükemmel uyum sağlarken aynı zamanda hızlı büyüyen pazara sunduğumuz ürün yelpazesini de hızla genişletiyor. Bombardier ile olan ortaklığımızın, satışları ve bu programın değerini muazzam bir şekilde artıracağından hiç şüphem yok. Bu ortaklık, sadece C Serisini ve endüstriyel operasyonlarını yalnızca Kanada, İngiltere ve Çin’de güvence altına almakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda ABD’ye de yeni işler getiriyor. Airbus, yüksek talep gören tek koridorlu pazarda ürün yelpazesini güçlendirecek ve dünya çapındaki havayolu müşterilerimize üstün değer katmaktan fayda sağlayacaktır” dedi.

  Bombardier CEO’su Alain Bellemare, “Airbus’ı, C Serisi programında görmekten mutluluk duyuyoruz. Airbus bizim için, Québec ve Kanada için mükemmel bir ortaktır. Airbus’ın küresel ölçeği, güçlü müşteri ilişkileri ve operasyonel uzmanlığı, C Serisinin değerini ortaya çıkaracak temel bileşenlerdir. Bu ortaklık, C serisi programının değerini ikiye katlarken aynı zamanda oyunun kurallarını değiştiren uçağımızın tam potansiyelinin farkına varılmasını sağlayacak“ dedi.

  Québec Başbakan Yardımcısı, Ekonomi, Bilim ve Yenilik Bakanı ve Dijital Strateji Sorumlusu Dominique Anglade, “Airbus’un bugün stratejik bir ortak olarak programa katılımı, C Serisi programının sürdürülebilirliğini ve büyümesini sağlayacak ve aynı zamanda tüm Québec havacılık kümesini kuvvetlendirecektir. Mevcut bağlamda, Airbus ile olan ortaklık, Québec ekonomisinin bu stratejik sektöründe işlerin yaratılması ve bakımı açısından bizim için en iyi çözümdür” dedi.

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@Airbus inicia producción de A220 en Estados Unidos

(Europa Press) - Airbus ha iniciado la fabricación de aviones A220 en Estados Unidos, con el primer equipo de operarios de producción del programa de ya ha empezado a trabajar en la factoría de Mobile, Alabama, tras su reciente formación práctica llevada a cabo en Mirabel, en Quebec (Canadá). La compañía intención de construir cuatro aviones A220, conocidos antes como los C-Series, al mes en Alabama con la primera entrega en 2020. La base de Montreal, donde se desarrolló el primer avión de fabricación canadiense, está operando a un ritmo de unos 2,75 aviones A220 por mes, con intención de aumentar la capacidad a 10 por mes durante 2020. La entrega del primer A220 fabricado en Estados Unidos --un A220-300 destinado a Delta Air Lines-- está prevista para el tercer trimestre de 2020. Para mediados de la próxima década, la instalación producirá entre 40 y 50 A220 aviones al año. El consorcio aeronáutico europeo producirá las primeras unidades del modelo utilizando los recursos actuales de la familia A320 y nuevos hangares de asistencia. Airbus, que hizo públicos sus planes para la fabricación en Mobile en 2017, anunció recientemente que ofrecerá a partir del segundo semestre de 2020 un mayor alcance para el programa A220, lo que permitirá a los operadores que demandan aviones pequeños llegar a nuevos mercados. La ampliación su producción de aviones comerciales en Mobile a una segunda línea de producción ha generado 400 puestos de trabajo adicionales y refuerza la apuesta de Airbus por el mercado en EE.UU. Su primera fábrica en EEUU la abrió en 2015 para el ensamblaje final de la familia A320. La construcción del principal hangar de la línea de flujo del A220 y demás edificios auxiliares para el montaje del nuevo avión en EE.UU. se inició a principios de este año. Esta nueva cadena de montaje, en la que ha invertido 300 millones de dólares (268 millones de euros), dará respuesta a la creciente demanda norteamericana del programa A220, en sus dos versiones A220-100 y A220-300, incluido desde julio de 2018 en su cartera de productos de aviones comerciales. "Con Mobile y nuestra red de producción en Asia, Canadá y Europa, hemos creado una base industrial estratégica en todo el mundo para poder atender mejor a nuestros clientes", ha destacado el consejero delegado de Airbus Americas, Jeff Knittel. INVERSIÓN EN EE.UU. Airbus quiere utilizar esta nueva planta para ensamblar los A220 de 110 y 130 asientos para aerolíneas estadounidenses, modelo del que ya ha recibido pedidos para 250 aviones en este mercado. Se espera que este segmento represente al menos 7.000 unidades a lo largo de los próximos 20 años. Hasta junio, cuenta con pedidos para 551 aviones de este tipo, de entre 100 a 150 plazas. El consorcio aeronáutico europeo ha invertido 48.000 millones de dólares (42.900 millones de euros) en EE.UU. con cientos de proveedores norteamericanos en más de 40 estados, lo que equivale al sustento de más de 275.000 puestos de trabajo americanos. Airbus cuenta con centros de ingeniería en Kansas y Alabama, una instalación de formación en Florida, y dentro de poco abrirá otra en Colorado, además de instalaciones para soporte de materiales en Virginia, un innovador centro de desarrollo en California y un negocio de análisis sobre drones en Atlanta, además de instalaciones para la fabricación y montaje de helicópteros en Texas y Mississippi y de satélites en Florida. PROGRAMA A220. El A220-300 es el modelo más grande de la nueva serie A220 desarrollado originalmente por la canadiense Bombardier, que frece una autonomía de hasta 3.200 millas náuticas (5.920 km). Hasta la fecha, cuenta con una cartera de pedidos de más de 500 aviones. Airbus y Bombardier completaron su alianza estratégica en julio para impulsar este programa. Para ello el constructor europeo adquirió el 50% de la sociedad C Series Aircraft Partnership (CSALP), que produce el programa C-Series de pasillo único, la canadiense posee el 31% y el fondo Investissement Québec (IQ) controla el 19% restante. La compañía ha ido aumentando progresivamente su producción con las líneas de montaje final en Hamburgo, Toulouse en Europa y fuera el Viejo Continente en Tianjin y Mobile, más la del A220 de Mirabel (Canadá).

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WestJet and JetBlue founder commits to order 60 A220s for new U.S. startup airline

One of the founders of WestJet Airlines Ltd. has agreed to purchase 60 Airbus A220 aircraft for a new U.S. venture, marking the second order announcement since Airbus took control of the former CSeries jet program from Bombardier Inc. this month.

David Neeleman, representing a group of investors, signed a memorandum of understanding at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, committing to purchasing 60 aircraft for the new airline he is planning to launch in the United States.

Although it is a preliminary agreement, it is the second major deal announcement since Airbus took the reigns of the previously beleaguered CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) on July 1, nine months after the joint venture between the two aerospace manufacturers was first announced.

“This U.S. airline startup’s decision for the A220 as the platform on which to launch their new business model is a testament to the passenger appeal and operating economics of this outstanding aircraft,” said Airbus’ chief commercial officer Eric Schulz in a statement.

“This commitment confirms the important role the A220 aircraft now occupies in our Airbus single-aisle portfolio.”

Bombardier said in a statement that the company was “very pleased” with the agreement, which “once again shows the value the partnership can bring to the program.”

Neeleman, who is a majority investor in the startup airline that has yet to be formally named, is also currently an investor in Portugal’s TAP airline and a controlling shareholder in Brazil’s Azul airlines. He also was a founder of JetBlue. He said in a statement that he believes improving conditions in the American airline industry will allow a new carrier to emerge. 

“The A220 will enable us to serve thinner routes in comfort without compromising cost, especially on longer-range missions,” he said in a statement. “With deliveries starting in 2021, we will have ample time to assemble a world-class management team and another winning business model.”

The deal is worth $5.4 billion, according to list prices, although airlines usually receive significant discounts.

Last week, JetBlue announced it had ordered 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft with the option to purchase an additional 60, a move analysts said could bolster the program’s ability to secure further orders at the marquee Farnborough Air Show.

Moody’s analyst Jonathan Root said in a report that discount pricing was likely the key factor in JetBlue opting to replace its Embraer E190 jets with the A220.

“Airbus did not disclose the value of the JetBlue order. But the earlier-than-expected announcement, and its timing so soon after the closing of the CSALP transaction with Bombardier and the Canadian province of Quebec, led us to believe that the airline secured a significant discount on the purchase price,” Root said, adding that he estimates the cost could have been $24 to $28 million per aircraft on average, a discount of up to 72 per cent from list prices.

Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, who is at the Farnborough Air Show to promote the Canadian aviation industry, said in an interview earlier this week that one of his goals while in the U.K. was to promote the aircraft formerly known as the CSeries. The Canadian government provided the company with a $372.5 million repayable loan in part to help finance the CSeries program.

“Right now, our No. 1 objective is market access and getting sales happening, because those sales mean more production at the Bombardier facility in Mirabel, Que., and more jobs in the short- and long-term,” Bains said.

“It’s truly an outstanding product, and we want to continue to focus on helping both Bombardier and Airbus sell more A220s.”

RBC Capital Markets analyst Walter Spracklin said in a note to clients on Tuesday that with Airbus at the helm of the program, the aircraft is gaining further traction.

“We expect the (joint venture) will continue to win orders of meaningful size, with longer-term valuation implications owing to Bombardier’s 34 per cent stake,” Spracklin wrote.

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Gulf Air CEO: CS100 orders are canceled

Gulf Air has confirmed to ATW that it has canceled an order for 10 CSALP CS100 regional jets. read more Link to the original sitehttps://www.aeroclix.com/uncategorized/gulf-air-ceo-cs100-orders-are-canceled/

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First Delta Air Lines A220-100 roll out

First Delta Air Lines A220-100 roll out

Airbus reported that Delta Air Lines’ first A220-100 was introduced this week after rolling out of the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel, Québec. Delta will be the first U.S. airline to take delivery of the A220, featuring a “state-of-the-art interior and delivering best-in-class fuel performance”.

Now that the aircraft is decked out in Delta’s livery, it will move to…

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[Dossier] Airbus et Bombardier s'allient pour le CSeries

Amal El Rhazi, [Dossier] Airbus et Bombardier s'allient pour le CSeries. Airbus et Bombardier s'allient ! L'annonce, faite le 16 octobre,porte sur un partenariat entre les deux avionneurs concernant le CSeries, l'avion de ligne régional de Bombardier. Une nouvelle entité, C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP), détenue majoritairement par l'avionneur européen, est désormais chargée de fabriquer et vendre […] Lire l'article

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Airbus takes control of Bombardier CSeries in rebuff to U.S. threat

MONTREAL/TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – Airbus has agreed to take a majority stake in Bombardier’s troubled CSeries jetliner program, securing the plane’s future and giving the Canadian firm a possible way out of a damaging trade dispute with Boeing.

Shares in Bombardier leapt more than 20 percent on Tuesday after news of the deal with Europe’s biggest aerospace group.

Airbus will get a 50.01 percent stake in an entity recently carved out of Bombardier to produce and market the CSeries, four years after it first flew with a goal to enter the $125 billion a year market for large jets.

But in a move emblematic of the huge risks of aerospace competition, Bombardier will get just one dollar for the majority stake in exchange for Airbus’s purchasing and marketing power to support an aircraft that has won fans for its fuel efficiency but few recent orders due to doubts over its future.

In reality, the terms of the deal mean Bombardier could pay Airbus to take over by agreeing to underwrite $700 million of risks related to cost overruns in coming years.

“It’s an unexpected move by Airbus but indicates they see good market potential for the CSeries. Neither they nor Boeing currently offer an aircraft in the regional jet market,” said aerospace consultant John Strickland of JLS Consulting.

Airbus shares rose around 5 percent.

The deal is similar to one that Airbus walked away from in 2015 when it decided the investment in a plane that had not yet entered service was too risky – with one major difference: that some of the jets will be produced in the United States.

That could change the power balance in Bombardier’s costly trade dispute with Boeing, though it is not the main reason why the two former rivals have come together, executives said.

The U.S. Commerce Department has threatened a possible 300 percent duty on CSeries jet imports after backing Boeing’s complaint that Bombardier received illegal subsidies and dumped the planes at low prices.

The deal with Airbus now means CSeries jets can be built at Airbus’ Alabama assembly plant, which according to the two companies would exempt them from import duties.

“Assembly in the U.S. can resolve the (tariff) issue because it then becomes a domestic product,” Bombardier’s chief executive, Alain Bellemare, told reporters at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders hailed the tie-up as “a win for Canada … a win for the UK,” referring to Bombardier’s wing-making factory in Northern Ireland whose future had been threatened by the distant trade war.

He said it would also create new U.S. jobs.

The deal appeared to catch Boeing off guard. Locked in a separate 13-year trade dispute with Airbus, Boeing called it a “questionable deal” between two of its subsidized competitors.

Bellemare said he hoped the deal would be approved within 6-12 months. Canadian Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, who must officially decide whether to green-light the deal, said it looked like “Bombardier’s new proposed partnership … would help position the CSeries for success”.

An Airbus A320neo aircraft and a Bombardier CSeries aircraft are pictured during a news conference to announce a partnership between Airbus and Bombardier on the C Series aircraft programme, in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Bombardier, which had not secured a new order in 18 months for the 110-130 seat plane, said the partnership should more than double the value of the CSeries program.

While it will lose control of a project developed at a cost of $6 billion, the deal gives the CSeries improved economies of scale and a better sales network.

For Airbus, the deal strengthens the bottom end of its narrowbody portfolio after poor sales of its own A319 model and expands its global footprint, potentially opening up further deals in other sectors in Canada.

Tony Webber, a former chief economist at Qantas, said the CSeries could complement Airbus’s existing single-aisle models.

STRATEGIC DECISION

Bellemare said the deal was expected to close in the second half of 2018.

“We’re doing this deal here not because of this Boeing petition. We are doing this deal because it is the right strategic move for Bombardier,” he said, referring to Boeing’s complaint that the Canadian firm received illegal subsidies and dumped CSeries planes at “absurdly low” prices.

Bombardier said the deal would not result in job losses and would keep the head office in Montreal and unions said the deal would benefit the program.

The Boeing-Bombardier dispute has snowballed into a bigger multilateral trade dispute, with British Prime Minister Theresa May asking U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene to save British jobs.

Bombardier is the largest manufacturing employer in Northern Ireland and May’s Conservatives rely on the support of the small Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) party for their majority in parliament.

Business Secretary Greg Clark said Britain would work closely with the planemakers, while the DUP said the agreement was “incredibly significant news” for Belfast.

Talks for the deal between Airbus and Bombardier first started over dinner at the end of August.

Enders said the deal was different from an earlier round of talks in 2015, when he abruptly ordered an end to negotiations. He said the CSeries’ had since been certified, entered service and was performing well.

Some analysts said the deal could drive Boeing closer together with Brazil’s Embraer, with which it already cooperates.

Under the deal, Bombardier will own about 31 percent of CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP), which manufactures and sells the jets, while Investissement Québec, the investment arm of the province of Quebec, will hold 19 percent.

Bombardier is in the middle of a five-year turnaround plan after considering bankruptcy because of a cash-crunch as it developed multiple planes simultaneously, including the CSeries.

($1 = 1.2529 Canadian dollars)

Additional reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru, Alana Wise in Atlanta, David Ljunggren in Arlington, Va., Michael Holden in London and Richard Lough and Sudip Kar-Gupta in Paris; Writing by Denny Thomas, Guy Faulconbridge and Richard Lough; Editing by Mary Milliken, Himani Sarkar and Mark Potter

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Airbus e Bombardier fazem parceria para programa C Series

Airbus e Bombardier fazem parceria para programa C Series

A Airbus e Bombardier anunciaram nesta segunda-feira (16), uma parceria em que a fabricante europeia vai assumir a participação maioritária no programa dos aviões C Series. Com isso, a Airbus vai assumir um participação de 50.01% do programa C Series (Aircraft Limited Partnership – CSALP), enquanto a Bombardier e o governo do Canadá assumirá 31% e 19%, respectivamente. Segundo a Airbus, a sede da…

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Airbus Pokes Trump, Boeing with Bombardier Deal In an agreement announced on Monday, Airbus has agreed to provide support for Bombardier’s C Series aircraft in exchange for a 50.01% stake in “C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership” (CSALP), a firm formed in 2015 that included Bombardier (62%) and Investissement Quebec (38%).

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Former CSeries set for sales liftoff at famed Farnborough Airshow

Last year, Bombardier Inc. left the commercial airline manufacturing industry’s marquee air show without a single sale of its signature CSeries aircraft.

This year, however, prospects for the plane — rebranded as the A220 following the recent close of Airbus SE’s surprise deal to take control of the program — appear to be looking up.

With the weight of the Airbus sales and marketing team and its deep customer support expertise behind the A220, analysts across the board see potential for more orders at the Farnborough Air Show, which begins next week.

A new order announced this week for 60 A220 aircraft from U.S. low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways Corp. only bolsters those prospects, said Robert Kokonis, president of aviation consulting firm AirTrav Inc.

“Having a marquee client like JetBlue — no different from when Delta and Air Canada put their orders in — is huge because it’s an established, leading low-cost carrier. This is big news,” Kokonis said in an interview.

“I suspect if there’s any customer that’s been thinking about ordering it, they are going to do it in Farnborough.”

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Last year at the Paris Air Show, which alternates years with Farnborough, Montreal-based Bombardier’s biggest win was an order for up to 50 Q400 aircraft from India’s Spicejet, one that boosted the stability of that program, but did nothing to instill confidence in the CSeries.

The lack of sales, combined with a trade dispute with the Boeing Co. that was just gearing up, even put the future of the CSeries program in doubt.

Credit Suisse analyst Robert Spingarn wrote in a note to clients that he expects the A220 to take centre stage at Farnborough. This year’s event, he wrote, “could be an attractive entry point for airlines that have lingered on the sidelines, given greater clarity on the future of the program.”

Goldman Sachs analyst Noah Poponak said the JetBlue sale was a positive for Bombardier, and expects it to be the first of many new orders for the program under Airbus’ ownership.

“The order announcement comes in the second week following Airbus taking ownership of the program, which reinforces our view that the partnership will contribute to the long-term success potential of the program,” Poponak wrote in a note to clients this week.

“It also suggests that Airbus is aggressively pushing sales of the aircraft, and we see the potential for more orders at the Farnborough Airshow next week.”

Airbus officially took the reigns of the previously beleaguered CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) on July 1, nine months after the blockbuster joint venture was first announced. The partnership between the two aerospace manufacturers was touted as providing much-needed stability for Bombardier, even though it gives the company a smaller stake in the program.

Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst and vice-president at Teal Group, points to the Airbus partnership as one of the factors that secured the JetBlue order.

“The things that were holding JetBlue up were concerns about an orphaned product, product support and things like that,” he said in an interview. “I think this is as close as you’ll get to proof that the Airbus brand and reassurance is going to mean a lot for this program.”

He also expects more orders to follow.

“This is that plane’s show, starting with JetBlue and probably continuing with more,” he said. “It’s looking absolutely great.”

At the same time, Aboulafia said the Farnborough Air Show would provide Bombardier with an opportunity to show its commitments to the remaining products within its commercial aircraft division — the CRJ and Q400. The CRJ in particular, says Aboulafia, is in need of a revamp. He also said that Bombardier’s recent decision to sell off its Downsview site, where the Q400 is assembled, potentially raises questions about whether the company is looking to secure larger order volumes.

“I’m not expecting a lot of commercial activity, but this would be a good opportunity for Bombardier to show a commitment to those products if they intend to do that,” Aboulafia said. “An announcement about upgrades, or any kind of product refresh plan, that would be something to watch for.”

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