More speculation on pending orders:
Bombardier in talks with North American airlines on C Series jet orders
I love the attempt at damage control.
Aside from Air Canada, it's no secret that Bombardier is hoping to sign United, which may be in the market pending union negotiations.
But even if an airline is seriously considering the CSeries, it would be crazy to sign at this point, unless they can get some
deep concessions from Bombardier.
Plus there are still questions on what will happen to the orders placed by Republic and IFC?
At this point, Bombardier is likely offering the CSeries at a loss.
The word is that Bombardier hopes that Airbus will come back to table, and that they had also approached Boeing, ATR and COMAC. Not an enviable negotiation position to be in.
Yesterday the Quebec government signaled that they'd be "ok" if a foreign company acquires majority stake in Bombardier. Unthinkable just a month ago!