Swiss Decision On CSeries Upgrade By Year-end

Swiss International Air Lines will decide whether to upgrade a further five Bombardier CSeries aircraft to the larger CS300 by the end of the year.

Swiss, the launch customer for the new plane, had placed a firm order for 30 CS100s and has already converted 15 of those to the larger CS300 variant.

"It's still open, but I think it's very probable that we will decide for the larger," Swiss chief executive Thomas Kluehr said at an event to unveil Swiss's first CS100.

Lufthansa also has an option for a further 30 CSeries jets, with the decision on whether to exercise those up to parent Lufthansa's executive board.

"It's a wonderful aircraft, so I think the chances are good, but I don't know when the final decision will be made," Kluehr said.