Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Detailed Design Just Beginning, Supply Chain Is Long
Boeing's top commercial airplane marketer thinks Bombardier may
experience some of the same problems in getting the CSeries
airplane out to customers as his company did as the Dreamliner fell
further and further behind, and would not say whether he
thinks the Canadian company's 2013 delivery projection for the
CSeries is "realistic."
CSeries Bombardier Image
The assessment came from Randy Tinseth, Boeing's vice president
of marketing for commercial airplanes. While Tinseth said he thinks
the CSeries is "a good airplane," he noted that Bombardier's
bringing in new, untested partners, and the fact that
they are just beginning the detailed design phase "adds risk to the
whole program." An extended global supply chain was one of the
factors cited in the Dreamliner delays.
The Montreal Gazette reports that Tinseth used as an example the
underwing engine design of the CSeries, a first for Bombardier, on
the 100-125-seat jet. "They're just starting the hard work now,"
Tinseth said.
Of course, the CSeries would be a direct competitor for Boeing's
single-aisle 737, and Tinseth earlier this week forecast that the
single-aisle market would account for the lion's share of $700
billion in sales over the next 20 years. Tinseth said Bombardier is
"pushing into that market from the lower end" with the CSeries, and
that the next generation 737 could have as many as 240 seats.
Bombardier has about 100 firm orders for the CSeries jet, and
Pratt & Whitney has just begun development work on the geared
turbofan engines selected to power the new
airliner. Company president Guy Hachey said the airplane
is on schedule, and he's certain Bombardier can avoid making the
same mistakes Boeing did with the Dreamliner.
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