(Bombardier)
With record oil prices crippling airlines worldwide, Canadian
planemaker Bombardier said here Sunday it planned to launch
its eco-friendly CSeries single-aisle passenger jet in 2013.
Posted on 07/13/2008 4:14:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
FARNBOROUGH, England (AFP) - With record oil prices crippling airlines worldwide, Canadian planemaker Bombardier said here Sunday it planned to launch its eco-friendly CSeries single-aisle passenger jet in 2013.
German carrier Lufthansa has signed a letter saying it was interested in buying 30 CSeries jets and possibly up to 60, Bombardier said in a statement.
Launch customer Lufthansa could be followed by other airlines after Bombardier said it had received "significant interest" worldwide regarding the new plane.
"The CSeries family offers the greenest single-aisle aircraft in its class," said Gary Scott, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
"These game-changing aircraft emit up to 20 percent less CO2 (carbon dioxide)... fly four times quieter, and deliver dramatic energy savings," he added in the statement.
The approximate list price of each CSeries aircraft, which will seat between 110 and 130 passengers, is 46.7 million US dollars (29.4 million euros). Bombardier made its announcement Sunday, a day before the start of the week-long Farnborough International Air Show outside London.
The event is a traditional battle ground between Airbus and Boeing for plane orders.
Oil-producing Gulf states were expected to make large orders for commercial planes at the biennial event thanks to extra revenue generated from soaring crude prices, which Friday struck record heights above 147 dollars a barrel.
Soaring oil prices are an "opportunity", which will speed up orders for new, more fuel-efficient aircraft, the chief executive of US aircraft giant Boeing, James McNerney, said in an interview published Sunday.
"The high price of oil is speeding up the process of the oldest, least efficient planes being taken out of service because they are no longer profitable," he told the weekly Journal du Dimanche.
New, fuel-efficient planes also include the Airbus A380 superjumbo and A350, as well as Boeing's Dreamliner.
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Heh. The A380 is anything BUT fuel efficient.
“New, fuel-efficient planes also include the Airbus A380 superjumbo and A350”
As long as the wings don’t fall off.
With record oil prices crippling airlines worldwide, Canadian
planemaker Bombardier said here Sunday it planned to launch
its eco-friendly CSeries single-aisle passenger jet in 2013.
Don’t worry. The goalposts will be moved by the time this plane goes into production and it will be blamed for destroying the upper atmosphere and denuding the earth of oxygen.
Fit a Hindeburg class dirigible with solar cells to power the craft. Better yet, wind power - destination will be announced after your arrival.
Even if it blows up, nothing but hydrogen to burn = very green.
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