Bombardier cuts deliveries of CSeries plane by more than half in latest setback
MONTREAL — Bombardier is slashing deliveries of its new CSeries plane by more than half this year because of delayed engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney, marking another setback for the jet.
The Montreal-based company said Tuesday it will deliver seven of the aircraft this year — not the 15 it had expected.
Neither Bombardier nor Pratt & Whitney specified what was behind the delays, but Bombardier commercial aircraft president Fred Cromer said the engines on the CSeries aircraft that were put into service earlier this summer were performing well.
“We are very confident in our production ramp-up plan, including our ability to meet our production goal of 90 to 120 aircraft per year by 2020,” he said in a news release.