MAKS: Russian lessor close to re-affirming CSeries deal

Ilyushin Finance (IFC) is hoping to come to new terms with Bombardier within days on a deal that would preserve the Russian lessor’s once-threatened order for 39 CSeries aircraft. “I’m feeling we may reach a compromise,” says IFC general director Alexander Rubtsov. The leasing company owns the third-largest CSeries order in Bombardier’s backlog, but the deal has appeared in jeopardy since April. (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...