Bombardier downgraded by Goldman Sachs over CSeries delay

Further delays expected in the delivery of Bombardier's new CSeries commercial jetliner and the loss of an initial buyer led analyst Goldman Sachs to downgrade its assessment on the company.

The New York investment house urged investors sell the Montreal-based transportation company's shares.

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Analyst Noah Poponak says it is "inevitable" that there will be further delays with the aircraft's launch planned for the second half of next year.

Several years of pain 

The New York analyst anticipates the 110- to 160-seat plane will "negatively impact" Bombardier's financial results and create "negative catalysts" for several years.

Poponak says Bombardier will not likely be able to dramatically pick up the pace of flight tests to about 160 hours per month, from 37 hours before the program was grounded, to meet its delivery deadline.

But Canaccord Genuity sees promise in Bombardier, expecting "significant" earnings growth in the coming years from new aircraft launches, margin improvements at aerospace and transportation from restructuring, higher demand for some aircraft and the lower Canadian dollar.