Airbus and Bombardier have finalised the deal announced in October 2017 for the European manufacturer to take a 50.01% stake in the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP). The deal was due to complete on July 1, 2018, and means Airbus will take a controlling stake in the C Series. The CSALP’s head office will be at Mirabel, Quebec, where Bombardier manufactures the airliner, but Airbus plans to open a second C Series assembly line dedicated to US customers at its Mobile, Alabama, facility. News about the partnership came in the same week as a big sales boost for the C Series with CS300 launch operator Air Baltic signing a firm purchase agreement for up to 60 more CS300s. Having previously ordered 20 CS300s, eight of which are now in service, the Latvian carrier becomes the second-largest C Series customer after Delta. Mark Broadbent
