Air Baltic is set to exploit the CS300’s range capability by putting the type on to new medium-haul routes from Riga, the first of which is Abu Dhabi from October 2017.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bombardier CSeries - КанадаCanada - 2013

Air Baltic’s first CS300 YL-CSA (c/n 55003) arriving at its Riga base on delivery. This variant has 3,300nm (6,112km) range.

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Swiss has used its CS100s to replace its Avro RJs on its European short-haul network. Around 300 of its pilots will be trained on the aircraft.

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Two airlines, Swiss and Air Baltic, have so far put the C Series into service. Korean Air is set to become the third operator later this summer.

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An artist’s impression of a CS100 wearing Delta Air Lines livery. The airline says it will use the new type to, “reshape and up-gauge its narrowbody fleet”.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bombardier CSeries - КанадаCanada - 2013