Bombardier hands over Swiss’ first larger C Series jet

Swiss International Airlines, the launch customer for Bombardier’s C Series commercial airplane, has taken delivery of its first CS300.

The handover of the larger C Series variant was made Friday at Bombardier’s delivery center in Mirabel, Canada.

The 145-seat aircraft is expected to enter service June 1 with its inaugural flight planned from Swiss’ base in Geneva to Heathrow in London.

Swiss has nine C Series aircraft in operation, the majority of which are the smaller CS100s, with plans for a fleet of 30 CS100s and 300s by the end of 2018.

Much of the C Series flight testing has been done at Bombardier’s facilities on the west side of Wichita Eisenhower National Airport.

This story was originally published May 26, 2017 at 1:59 PM with the headline "Bombardier hands over Swiss’ first larger C Series jet."