Good morning and welcome to the first live trial of a liveblogged press conference at FlightBlogger. Beginning around 10:30 GMT, I will be covering Bombardier's press conference at the 2008 Farnborough air show where the company is widely expected to launch the CSeries aircraft. To join in on the discussion, feel free to leave a comment or a question. To update the feed, simply reload FlightBlogger for the latest news.
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| flightblogger Press conference ended with champagne toast. |
| flightblogger Buchholz: "Shouldn't take too much time" to firm orders. |
| flightblogger Scott: Airbus and Boeing should know that they cannot neglect the 110-149 seat market. |
| flightblogger Scott: We are absolutely confident P&W will be able to deliver on GTF. |
| flightblogger Buchholz: no order breakdown yet, waiting on paperwork to firm order. |
| flightblogger Buchholz: Fairchild 728Jet not fair comparison. Bombardier has an existing business. |
| flightblogger Buchholz: A/C will be both replacement and growth. Will be deployed on appropriately sized routes. |
| flightblogger Hachey: Confident launch aid from UK and N. ireland will be WTO compliant. |
| flightblogger Scott: CSeries will set the benchmark for environmental standards in its class. |
| flightblogger Scott: In conversation with several other customers. |
| flightblogger Scott: What an exciting day dr the commercial aviation industry. |
| flightblogger Belfast will design and manufacture wings creating 800 jobs. |
| flightblogger Mirabel selected for final assembly with skilled workforce. |
| flightblogger CEO: Beaudoin we are launching CSeries with Lufthansa 30+30 |
| flightblogger press conference now starting. |
| flightblogger BREAKING: Bombardier launches CSeries with LOI from Lufthansa. Details and liveblog to follow. |
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