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Bombardier to Showcase Global 6000 Jet at Abu Dhabi Air Expo
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it will display a Global 6000 jet at this year’s Abu Dhabi Air Expo, which will be held at Al Bateen Airport, Abu Dhabi’s dedicated business aviation airport, from March 5 to March 7, 2013.… Continue reading
Transport Canada Certifies Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1500G Engine for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft
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Bombardier Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney announced today that Pratt & Whitney has successfully achieved Transport Canada type certification of its first PurePower Geared Turbofan™ engine – the PW1500G engine that will power Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft. Pratt & Whitney… Continue reading
Bombardier Aerospace Begins Production of the first components in Morocco
Bombardier Aerospace today announced the start of production at its transitional facility in Morocco. Following a graduation ceremony held on February 1 at the Institut des Métiers de l’Aéronautique (IMA), 18 aircraft assemblers began production of the first Bombardier components… Continue reading
Bombardier to showcase two class-leading jets at Aero India
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it will showcase two of its class-defining jets at this year’s Aero India airshow in Bangalore, India from February 6 to February 11, 2013. On display will be the Challenger 605 and Global 6000 business… Continue reading
Qantas Orders Three Bombardier Q400 NextGen Airliners
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Australia’s largest domestic and international airline, Qantas Airways Limited has placed a firm order for three Q400 NextGen turboprop
airliners. Based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the contract is valued at… Continue reading
Bombardier Aerospace Delivers 233 Aircraft and Receives Orders for 481 Aircraft in 2012
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- Business aircraft: 179 deliveries; 343 net orders
- Commercial aircraft: 50 deliveries; 138 net orders
- Amphibious aircraft: 4 deliveries
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it delivered 233 aircraft during the 2012 calendar year, compared to 245 aircraft deliveries in the… Continue reading
airBaltic Signs Firm Order for up to 20 CSeries Airliners
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- Latvian airline transitions to an all-Bombardier fleet with the addition of CS300 jetliners to its existing fleet of Q400 NextGen aircraft
- A video is available at http://youtu.be/KNh-L8ZKAEM
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that airBaltic has signed a firm purchase agreement… Continue reading
Air Carrier in the Americas Signs Letter of Intent for up to 30 Bombardier CSeries Airliners
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Wings for first CSeries flight test vehicle being mated to fuselage; assembly progressing well
Static test airframe being readied for start of tests
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that an airline, which is based in the Americas, has signed a… Continue reading
COMAC and Bombardier Announce Successful Completion of Phase I of Definitive Agreement and Official Launch of Phase II
Further to the definitive agreement signed on March 21, 2012, covering program commonalities between the C919 and CSeries aircraft, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) and Bombardier Inc. wish to announce the successful completion of the Phase I of… Continue reading
Bombardier’s 200th Challenger 605 Jet Enters Service
Bombardier’s Challenger program has reached a significant milestone with the entry-into-service of the 200th Challenger 605 business jet. The aircraft was handed over to its new owner (who wishes to remain anonymous) during a special ceremony at the Challenger… Continue reading
Learjet 75 Aircraft and Global 6000 Jet Take Centre Stage with NBAA 2012 Debut
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that its class-defining Learjet 75 aircraft and Global 6000 ultra long-range jet will make their National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) debuts at this year’s 65th annual conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida, from October 30… Continue reading
Assembly of First Flight Test Vehicle for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Underway
- Wings being joined to static test airframe
- A video is available at http://ow.ly/etTZp
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the cockpit and all fuselage sections for the CSeries aircraft’s first flight test vehicle (FTV1) have arrived at Mirabel, Québec, and that… Continue reading