Monday, June 17, 2013

Odyssey Airlines announced as unidentified customer of Bombardier CS100s

City-based start-up Odyssey Airlines has been revealed as the customer for 10 Bombardier CS100s, which were ordered in June 2011.
                                                                      
Speaking Monday at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Odyssey Airlines CEO Adam Scott confirmed his airline is the customer of the 10 aircraft, valued at $628 million at list prices.

“We are launching Odyssey Airlines with the CS100 aircraft because its transcontinental range will allow us to connect key city airports with stringent performance and environmental requirements both in Europe and further afield. We have a unique strategy that will offer a premier service with a focus on new destinations that cannot currently be served from London City Airport,” Scott said at a media briefing.

The start-up, which has been in the making for “quite some time,” is aiming to attract time-conscious business travelers. It plans to open new markets from a variety of difficult and restricted airports, including London City.

“We are looking to position ourselves as the airline of choice from London City and other airports too. We are well aware of and ready for the competition,” Scott told ATW. “We are looking to utilize the performance capability of the CSeries. It could be short haul, it could be longer haul.”

Scott declined to comment on whether the airline was considering other aircraft beyond the CSeries, saying only that the airline is “working on the CSeries right now.”

He was reluctant to give any further details on the airline’s planned operations or destinations, saying “I would prefer to hold off on further details because we are still in final negotiations with airports, etc. and we will share further information when we are able to do so.”

(Victoria Moores - ATWOnline News)

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