ATW Photo Gallery-Bombardier CSeries' first passenger flight
June 06, 2016
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Bombardier CS100 Test flight Vehicle 5 in Swiss International Air Lines' livery at the Dublin Airport before boarding.
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A Bombardier flight attendant welcomes passengers in Dublin.
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Victoria Bryan from Reuters double checks the 30-inch seat-pitch.
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Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab welcomes the passengers during the flight. Schwab plans to retire on Dec. 31, 2016.
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The spacious cabin of the CS100.
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Bombardier president Fred Cromer
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Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr
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The cockpit
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Bombardier VP-CSeries Rob Dewar explains details of the CSeries aircraft to ANA president & CEO Osamu Shinobe.
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The CSeries flies over France
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The CS100 after landing in Zurich. The first SWISS CS100 will be delivered by the end of June to Zurich. A total of nine aircraft should join the Swiss Star Alliance member´s fleet.
Following the closing of this years IATA AGM in Dublin, more than 20 Star Alliance CEOs and a group of select journalists joined the first-ever CSeries aircraft demonstration flight. The special flight took off in Dublin the afternoon of June 3 to the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board meeting in Zurich.