Why I'm Sold On CSeries - Marf"Before they go to the over 150 seat capacity, they want to make sure the C series passes the tests and sales. Then they should go for the over 150 seat version."
Of course, that much should be understood. While it can be interesting to speculate what direction things might take a few years down the road, that shouldn't be taken as an indication we'd like to see management abdicate more immediate concerns.
"What's the use of announcing all types of C version when you haven't made almost any sales." (?)
It is inaccurate and midleading to suggest they "haven't made almost any sales."
CSeries already has firm orders for nearly 100 aircraft and options on nearly that many again.
And it hasn't even reached the sweet spot where the bulk of orders tend to materialize for any new commercial jet program. That's the two year period just prior to the start of production which will be at the end of 2013. And that begins one year from the end of this month.
So, criticism that CSeries sales are weak are premature. And in the context of the recent downturn in the overall economy and the aerospace sector in general its certainly understandable.
In this business there's a lot of backroom disounting and scrambling to sop up marketshare going on. The fact that Boeing and Airbus are worried enough to push their older offerings is probably an indication that they see CSeries as a threat. And that's because they know it is a great airplane offering customers cleaner, quieter, and much more fuel efficient operation.
CSeries will see more orders simply because it becomes available and can be delivered faster than clunkers from Boeing and Airbus which have huge backlogs.
It will sell a lot more because it is simply a cleaner, quieter, much more fuel efficient aircaft.
And it also has the potential of being stretched to compete in the 150-to-190-seat configuration which is another sweetspot. This one being the lower end of the huge market for narrowbody commercial jet aircaft.