The Financial Post reports in its Friday edition that with Bombardier confirming the first flight of its new CSeries aircraft, investors would like to finally start reaping some rewards after years of stagnation in the company's share price. The Post's Scott Deveau and Nicolas Van Praet write Bombardier's chief executive officer Pierre Beaudoin pointed to the company's $63-billion backlog of train and plane orders at the end of the first quarter as evidence of a turnaround. "Five years ago, I could talk about the new programs we're working on. Now I can talk about the orders we have for those new programs," Mr. Beaudoin told the Post. "Whether it's transport or aerospace, I can demonstrate that we've had success in many markets. I can show that the revenue of these new products are just in front of us," he added. Investors reacted favorably to the news with Bombardier's shares climbing 5.8 per cent in trading Thursday to close at $4.47 in Toronto. The big news, however, was that management remained confident that the first test flight of its new CSeries aircraft would occur by the end of June as expected. "Most of the issues that could trip us up are behind us," said aerospace chief Guy Hachey.