HISTORY
After acquiring Canadair in
1986 and restoring it to
profitability, Bombardier in
1989 acquired the
near-bankrupt Short Brothers
aircraft manufacturing
company in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. This was followed
in 1990 by the acquisition
of the bankrupt Learjet
Company of Wichita, Kansas,
builder of the Learjet
business aircraft, and
finally the Boeing
subsidiary, money-losing, de
Havilland Aircraft of Canada
based in Toronto, Ontario in
1992.
The
aerospace arm now accounts
for over half of the
company's revenue.
Bombardier's most popular
aircraft currently include
its Dash 8 Series 400,
CRJ100/200/440, and
CRJ700/900/1000 lines of
regional airliners. It also
manufactures the Bombardier
415 amphibious water-bomber
(in Dorval and North Bay),
the Global Express and the
Challenger business jet.
Learjet is also a subsidiary
of Bombardier based in
Wichita, KS.
Bombardier had been in
discussions with Mirabel,
Quebec (near Montreal) and
Kansas City, Missouri for a
$375 million assembly plant,
for its future Cseries
aircraft, which Bombardier
is marketing as a
replacement for aging DC-9,
MD-80, and early, smaller
versions of the Boeing 737.
This new jet, which offers
110-seat and 130-seat
versions, competes with the
Boeing 737 Next Generation
737-600, 737-700, Airbus
A318, Airbus A319, and
Embraer
195. Bombardier claims the
Cseries will burn 20% less
fuel per trip than these
competitors,
which would make it
still about 8% more fuel
efficient than the Boeing
737 Max scheduled for
introduction 3 years later
in 2017.
The launch customer for the
C-series, Lufthansa, has
signed a Letter of Intent
for up to 60 aircraft and 30
options.
The manufacturing complex in
Montreal will be redeveloped
by Ghafari Associates to
incorporate lean
manufacturing of its CSeries
aircraft.
In March, 2011, The company
obtained 50 firm orders and
a further 70 optional order
for jets from NetJets worth
more than US$2.8 billion to
US$6.7 billion,
respectively.
Also in March 2011,
Bombardier announced that it
had signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with
China's ICBC Financial
Leasing to provide advance
aircraft payment financing
for Bombardier customers
worth $8 billion.
In October 2012, a joint
development deal between
Bombardier Aerospace and a
government-lead South Korean
consortium was revealed, to
develop a 90-seater
turboprop regional airliner,
targeting a 2019 launch
date. The consortium would
include Korea Aerospace
Industries and Korean Air
Lines.
In
November 2012, the company
announced the largest deal
in its history, with Swiss
luxury aviation company
VistaJet, to deliver 56
Bombardier Global jets for a
total value of $3.1 billion.
The deal includes an option
for Bombardier to
manufacture and sell an
additional 86 Global jets,
which would value the entire
transaction at $7.3 billion
Source:
Wikipedia
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