Bombardier may unveil 'greener' aircraft

Canada's aviation giant Bombardier could unveil its CSeries, a fuel-sipping "greener" rival to smaller aircraft made by industry leaders Airbus and Boeing, on Sunday in Britain, local media said Saturday.
Bombardier, a leading manufacturer in railway equipment and the third largest global builder of airplanes, is looking to deliver a model that consumes 20 percent less fuel, thanks to a new motor style and lighter composite materials, Canada's La Presse reported.
The CSeries twin-engine aircraft seats 110-130 people, and would compete with Airbus' A319 (125 seats) and Boeing's B737-600 and 700 (110-130 seats).
"The Farnborough (Britain) air show officially does not open until Monday but Bombardier is in the habit of making its big announcements on the eve of a show opening," the Montreal paper's aeronautics expert wrote.
The company put the CSeries project on hold in May 2006, after it had been in the works for a decade, but relaunched the process last year once it appeared that rising fuel costs would ignite demand for a more fuel-efficient aircraft.