Bombardier eyes India's aviation pie with CRJ900

New Delhi: Eyeing sales of 50 planes over the next five years, Canadian aircraft major Bombardier is aggressively pitching its CRJ900 regional jet in India's burgeoning aviation market, saying it will change the way airlines operate.
'It's the quietest and most fuel efficient jet of its class. It's also got the lowest turnaround time (of 21 minutes). The more you're flying the more money you are making,' said Steve Crawley, Bombardier's vice president for Asia/Pacific sales, at a presentation here Wednesday for officials of state-owned Indian airlines and the media.
Pitching the CRJ900 against the Embraer E190 that Indian is also known to be considering, Crawley pointed out that fuel costs were up to 10 percent lower and operating costs up to 28 percent lower that the Brazilian competitor.
Currently, private Indian operator Air Sahara is the only one to fly Bombardier aircraft in the country with seven CRJ200 planes.
20/09/06 IANS/DailyIndia.com, US

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