Bombardier Aerospace's CSeries - seemingly a fine aircraft but needs some luck on its side in 2015

2015 is looming as a critical year for Bombardier and its new CSeries aircraft and it will have to face it without a key aircraft sales executive. Raymond Jones, the company's senior vice VP of global sales, marketing and asset management for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, has left the company.

According to Bombardier, Mr Jones departure was for "personal reasons". A seasoned veteran, he worked for Bombardier for a decade before assuming the lead commercial aircraft sales role in Dec-2013, replacing Chet Fuller.

A successor has not been named. Bombardier's commercial aircraft sales executives will report to Bombardier Aerospace president Mike Arcamone in the interim.