So this has sparked up quite an interesting discussion on a.net and grabbed my attention, as a fan of the CSeries.
Basically, do you think it would be a good idea for Bombardier to stretch its last few pennies into creating a 150-200 seat market jet under the CSeries programme?
Yes, it would be extremely hard to beat the A320neo/737max on paper, however Bombardier would be able to deliver the aircraft in a far more timely manner than the now extremely large back logged Airbus/Boeing duopoly of the market, which in my opinion should be enough to tempt some rather big market players looking into the future of their ageing fleets, IF Bombardier can get close enough to the 737max & A320neo on the figures. I don't think it would work unless they get a pretty big launch customer to strart the programme with, however if they could (which I reckon wouldn't be too hard) I have a feeling Bombardier could truly start eating into the 150-200 seat market, that the Embrear E2's are simply too smaller scaled to jump into without falling over