Tag: Bombardier
Bombardier to lay off 1 600, halt Learjet production
Bombardier Inc said on Thursday it would halt Learjet aircraft production and slash about 1 600 jobs this year as it becomes a pure-play...
Bombardier exits commercial aviation with sale of regional jet business to...
Bombardier Inc said it will sell its money-losing regional jet business to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) for $550 million in cash, in...
Bombardier to be supplied by Morocco plant after sale
Canada’s Bombardier Inc will sell its wing component plant in Morocco to a manufacturer that will continue to supply Bombardier after a sale, Moroccan...
Uganda receives Bombardier planes in step to national carrier relaunch
Uganda received on Tuesday two passenger planes, a key step in the country’s efforts to relaunch its defunct national carrier and share in the...
Angolan consortium orders six Bombardier Q400s
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has signed a firm purchase agreement for six new Q400 aircraft with African Aero Trading on behalf of the...
Ethiopian Airlines orders ten Q400 turboprops
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has concluded a firm order for 10 new Q400 aircraft with Ethiopian Airlines. The order also includes purchase rights...
EgyptAir firms up CS300 order
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and EgyptAir have executed a firm agreement for the sale and purchase of 12 CS300 aircraft along with purchase...
CemAir orders two Q400s
CemAir has ordered two Q400 turboprops from Bombardier, and also signed a lease agreement for a used Q400.
Bombardier announced the deals on...
EgyptAir signs $1.1 billion deal for 12 Bombardier CSeries jets
State-owned EgyptAir signed an initial order for 12 Bombardier Inc CSeries jets on Tuesday, marking the Canadian planemaker's second deal for the...
Paris Air Show commercial aerospace roundup
Here are details of civil aviation and space orders and announcements made during the 2017 Paris Air Show last week.
Boeing recorded around...
CemAir looking to buy two Q400s
South Africa's CemAir has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft to acquire two Q400 turboprops.
Bombardier announced the signature...
Morocco an example of aerospace manufacturing innovation
In just 15 years, Morocco has become a major aerospace industry manufacturing hub: the country hosts over 110 companies, comprising over 11,500...
Tanzania orders two CS300, one Q400 aircraft from Bombardier
The Tanzanian Government Flight Agency (TGFA) has signed firm purchase agreements for two CS300 jetliners and one Q400 turboprop aircraft with Bombardier....
Regional aircraft market stabilizing
The regional aircraft market is stabilizing following a period of several years of erratic swings in yearly production, according to a new...
Tanzania orders two Q400 turboprops from Bombardier
The Government of Tanzania has signed a firm purchase agreement for two Q400 turboprop airliners from Canada's Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
The deal, announced...
Viking Air acquires Bombardier’s water bomber programme
After acquiring de Havilland Canada's aircraft programmes, Canada's Viking Air has now acquired rights to Bombardier's series of water bomber aircraft.
Viking...
Business jet makers face battle on pricing as deliveries drop
Business jet manufacturers are locked in a price battle as deliveries of new aircraft remain weak and recently sold aircraft come back...
Saab’s GlobalEye redefines airborne surveillance market
Defence and security company Saab extends its airborne early warning and control portfolio with the introduction of the GlobalEye multi-role airborne surveillance system. GlobalEye...
Saab’s GlobalEye redefines airborne surveillance market
GlobalEye combines Saab's Erieye Extended Range radar and mission system with the Global 6000Â jet aircraft from Bombardier.Defence and security company Saab extends its airborne...
Lockheed teams with Bombardier, Raytheon for ISR aircraft
Lockheed Martin announced on Tuesday that it will team with Raytheon and Bombardier to develop a new surveillance and command and control...
Air Cote d’Ivoire orders two more Bombardier Q400s
Air Cote d'Ivoire, the country's national airline, has converted options on two Q400 NextGen airliners to a firm order, Bombardier announced yesterday.
Air...
Ghana’s Starbow begins flying Q400s
Ghanaian airline Starbow has become the first Ghana-based operator of the Bombardier Q400 turboprop after it launched services with a Q400 NextGen...
Air Cote d’Ivoire in talks with Airbus, Bombardier
Ivory Coast's national carrier Air Cote d'Ivoire is in discussions with Airbus and Canada's Bombardier Inc to renew its existing fleet and...
Regional aircraft market worth 3 800 aircraft over next decade –...
Manufacturers are estimated to produce 3 867 regional jet and turboprop airliners worth $127.9 billion over the next ten years, according to...
Wanna take you for a ride on a bizjet plane
On February 19, the General Aviation Manufacturer's Association (GAMA) released its data for FY2013, which showed that the business jet industry recorded...
Growing demand for regional aircraft but no new designs
Current upward trends in regional air traffic benefit unequally the different manufacturers that are positioned in this segment. Market leaders ATR, Bombardier...
Boeing to modify Bombardier Challenger for maritime surveillance
Boeing has selected Bombardier's Challenger 605 business jet as the platform for its Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) programme, offering the global market...
Regional aircraft market worth 4 035 aircraft over next decade –...
Between now and 2022, approximately 4 035 regional jets and turboprops worth $141.8 billion will be built for world markets, according to...
SA Express becomes Bombardier service facility
Bombardier has appointed South African Express Airways as its first commercial aircraft authorised service facility in Africa, after giving it authorisation to...
RwandAir buying two Bombardier CRJ900s
RwandAir has signed a firm order for two CRJ900 NextGen regional jets from Bombardier, making it the first operator in Eastern Africa...
Ethiopian Airlines buys five Q400s
Bombardier has announced that Ethiopian Airlines has ordered five Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. The order, announced on Monday, was originally attributed to...
Rugby flight costs R26m
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's recent flight to New Zealand to attend the opening of the Rugby World Cup at the invitation of...
Business jet industry looks to 2012 for growth
The business jet industry is expecting 2012 to mark its first year of growth in deliveries since the financial downturn, but more...
Bombardier stock hit again by regional jet outlook
Shares of Bombardier fell for a second day yesterday after the world's No. 3 commercial planemaker raised cash flow concerns and spooked...
