Aerospace Monitoring

Delta Air Lines has placed an order for up to 125 Bombardier CS 00 narrowbody airliners, a transaction valued at $5.6 billion at list price, the companies announced on April 28. The order—the largest in Bombardier Commercial Aircraft history—was hailed as a “major endorsement” of the challenged CSeries program. “Today is a defining moment and a strategic marker for the CSeries aircraft program,” said Fred Cromer, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president, during a ceremony at the company’s Mirabel,…