Bombardier identifies airBaltic as customer for three CS300s

Bombardier Aerospace announced (14-Jul-2014) airBaltic as the previously announced undisclosed customer that had converted three option aircraft to firm on the original order contract in Feb-2014. The original order for 10 firm airliners with options for 10 more was finalised in Dec-2012. Based on the list price of the CS300, the three firm aircraft order is valued at approximately USD228 million. airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss said: "As airBaltic moves forward in its business strategy and fleet optimization plan, it needs to take advantage of all the available opportunities for growth beyond 2016, and the all-new CS300 airliner continues to be the best fit hence we elected to exercise those available options." [more - original PR]