THE NEW AIRBUS A220-300

The European Commercial Aircraft manufacturer Airbus renamed the C Series from Bombardier CS to Airbus A220-300 and set a target of at least 100 orders for the aircraft this year.

The former CS300 is now known as the A220-300 and has touched down in Toulouse, painted in its new Airbus colors scheme.

The smaller CS100 aircraft, will be called the A220-100.

Airbus reckons the aircraft can secure at least half of the market for 100 to 150 seat planes over the next 20 years, which it estimates 3,000 units, excluding its own A319 plane.

The company has committed to extending its plant in Mobile, Alabama to manufacture the aircraft, adding to Bombardier’s existing facility in Mirabel, Quebec. The U.S. site could build between 50 and 60 aircraft a year.

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