Bombardier C-Séries (partie 1)

Bombardier Aéronautique a annoncé aujourd’hui, à l’occasion de sa
conférence régionale européenne tenue à Munich, en Allemagne, qu’elle
visait, avant l’entrée en service de l’avion CSeries, l’adoption
de vérifications de maintenance en piste (« inspection A ») à
intervalles de 850 heures de vol et de vérifications de maintenance de
base (« inspection C ») à intervalles de 8 500 heures de vol.
Depuis
octobre 2010, Bombardier s’emploie à mettre au point un programme de
maintenance fondé sur les travaux du comité directeur de la maintenance 3
(MSG-3) pour l’avion CSeries. Durant l’étape d’évolution de la
conception, l’entreprise a déterminé qu’il était possible de réaliser
des intervalles de 850 et de 8 500 heures ou plus pour les tâches de
maintenance en piste et de maintenance de base respectivement. Le plan
de maintenance proposé permettra aux exploitants d’avions CSeries
de tirer parti de temps d’immobilisation réduits au minimum et de coûts
de maintenance plus compétitifs, tout en garantissant la sécurité et la
fiabilité inhérentes de cet avion.
« Les intervalles que nous proposons fourniront à nos exploitants un programme de maintenance de premier plan pour les avions CSeries
», a dit Todd Young, vice-président, Services et soutien à la
clientèle, Bombardier Avions commerciaux. Nous y voyons une preuve de
plus de notre engagement à fournir des solutions de maintenance à coûts
compétitifs pour les exploitants d’avion CSeries. »
Le développement du programme de maintenance pour l’avion CSeries
se poursuit au moyen du processus MSG-3, où des groupes de travail
examinent les analyses des systèmes, du groupe motopropulseur et des
structures avant d’obtenir l’approbation du comité directeur de
l’industrie (ISC) pour avions CSeries. Bombardier tient d’abord
plusieurs réunions de groupes de travail et du comité directeur de
l’industrie avant de soumettre le rapport du Comité de révision de la
maintenance aux autorités pour approbation, avant l’entrée en service en
2014.

Swiss Airlines CEO Sees Expanded Role for Bombardier CSeries Jet
By Robert Wall -
Jun 4, 2013 10:16 AM GMT+0200
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA)’s Swiss

Airlines may use Bombardier Inc. (BBD/B)’s new CSeries narrow-body
airliner to eventually replace some of its Airbus SAS jets as
the Canadian manufacturer prepares for the model’s first flight.

A stretched version of the CSeries could be a suitable
replacement for the Airbus A320, Swiss Chief Executive Officer
Harry Hohmeister said in an interview in Cape Town. Still, the
the Montreal-based manufacturer should first focus on
development of the two models now being created, he said.

Swiss will operate at least 10 CS100s, the smaller version
due to fly for the first time this month, and will also take the
larger CS300 as part of its 30-jet order. The exact mix remains
to be decided, Hohmeister said.

Swiss is buying the new planes to cut its operating costs,
with the CSeries promising to burn 25 percent to 30 percent less
fuel and offer cheaper maintenance than the Avro jets the
airline now flies on short routes, Hohmeister said. The airline
also is buying six Boeing Co. (BA) 777s to replace less fuel
efficient Airbus jets used in long-range travel.

Hohmeister said he’s satisfied with the progress that
Bombardier is making with the new plane and expects no further
delays beyond those already incurred. The CS100, seating about
120, should enter service at Swiss in 2015, while the CS300
would follow about a year later, he said at the International
Air Transport Association annual general meeting.

Swiss will use the CSeries to serve some airports that are
difficult to fly into such as London City, although only after
more routine operations are proven, he said.

Now performing final systems installations on FTV2, Bombardier expects all five test airplanes to fly within about three months,

However, Arcamone told AIN that he foresees Bombardier building 120 airplanes a year within the next three or four years.

Buchholz says Lufthansa has been involved in the CSeries “from before its inception to today, and pushed Bombardier to listen to the airline community and do some modifications that resulted in a small time slip, but gave us a better aircraft.”
These include stretching the aircraft by two seat rows to enable the CS300’s 160-seat “extra capacity option”, revealed in May and already specified by Air Baltic among others.
This change was made before Lufthansa placed its order in 2009, but brochures were never updated to avoid alerting the competition, says Chet Fuller, senior vice president, commercial, for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
“We analyzed the technology for the aircraft and engines and eventually became convinced it would actually happen,” says Buchholz. “Bombardier has actually managed to deliver on its promise. Every step was the right action for the program.”

What is the status of FTV-2, 3 and 4?
One is in the hands of the flight-test group, still in ground test. Two is completing assembly. Basically structure is complete, wires installed, we have the engines also installed, landing gear. It's actually finishing assembly of smaller systems and then we'll enter into doing its functional test procedures. FTV-3 is also structurally assembled. The engines are on dock and being installed. Four is again structurally complete and five is in basic assembly and not yet completed.

Scott Deveau ‏@scottdeveau 4 min
Bombardier will give an update Wednesday about #CSeries first flight, including the date it will occur. #avgeek

[b class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id"]David KaminskiMorrow[/b] ‏@FlightDKM 1 min
#CSeries to fly by end of July, says Bombardier.

[b class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id"]David KaminskiMorrow[/b] ‏@FlightDKM 59 s
Bombardier says it postponed #CSeries first flight to allow for "additional software upgrades" for better system maturity.