Dark skies ahead for Bombardier's new CSeries jetliner

Montreal

WITH sales of its new CSeries jetliner failing to take off and a sinking share price, despite a multibillion-dollar government cash injection, the horizon is darkening for Bombardier.

Suddenly, the Canadian manufacturer's dream - going head to head with the workhorses of the aviation market, the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, in its first foray outside business and regional passenger aircraft into the category of medium-range, single-aisle jets - is turning into a nightmare.