Airports Swiss C Series makes first flight into London City
The Bombardier C Series CS100 completed its first revenue service into London City Airport with a flight by Swiss International Airlines from Zurich, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced Tuesday.
"We are proud to see the C Series aircraft in SWISS livery landing at London City Airport for the first time. This new milestone continues the momentum propelling the C Series aircraft program," said Fred Cromer, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
The C Series now ranks as the largest, longest-range passenger aircraft certified to operate from London City Airport, flying 2,228 nautical miles in a single-class configuration. It can also fly nonstop from London City to New York in an all-business-class configuration. Steep takeoff and approach requirements at London City call for a 5.5-degree glideslope, and Bombardier had to test and validate the C Series to 8.5 degrees to qualify to operate there.
“As part of our fleet modernization plan, we are gradually replacing the Avro aircraft with the C Series and today, we start with our CS100 flight operations from Zurich to London City as the world’s first airline. We are excited to offer our guests the benefits of the C Series such as more comfort on this important route,” said Peter Koch, C Series Fleet Chief, SWISS.
Swiss has ordered 30 of the Bombardier aircraft with 10 CS100 and 20 CS300 aircraft. The CS300 seats 145 passengers in a two-class configuration. Both aircraft have been used widely across the Swiss network and are being used to replace the Embraer RJ100 aircraft. Swiss has so far trained over 100 pilots.