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Centennial College Dedicates Centre for Aerospace and Aviation to Bombardier, Celebrates Donation of a Global 7500 Flight Test Vehicle

Provided by Centennial College/CNW Centennial College renames their centre for aerospace to The Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation Following donation of a CRJ200 aircraft in February 2019, Bombardier donates “The Architect” Global 7500 flight test vehicle Announcements reinforce Bombardier’s partnership with Centennial, further to R&D investment commitments TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2020 /CNW/ – Following a decade of close collaboration in support of […]

Bombardier Provides Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results and Updates on Accelerating Deleveraging Phase of Turnaround Plan

Provided by Bombardier Inc/Globe Newswire Financial results expected to be below guidance, driven largely by actions at Transportation to resolve challenging projects Aviation financial results largely on track Company actively pursuing strategic options to accelerate deleveraging Bombardier reassessing future participation in Airbus Canada Limited Partnership All amounts in this press release are in U.S. dollars […]

Latécoère Enters into an Agreement to Acquire Bombardier’s Electrical Wiring Interconnection System Business in Querétaro

Provided by Bombardier Inc/CNW December 31, 2019| Source: Bombardier Business Aircraft Latécoère to acquire EWIS activities and related assets as well as a skilled workforce specializing in harnessing and electrical sub-assemblies in Querétaro Agreement promotes long-term relationship with Latécoère and supports the optimization of Bombardier Aviation   Bombardier continues to produce major structures at its high-tech main campus […]

City of Mississauga Welcomes new Bombardier Global Manufacturing Centre

Provided by City of Mississauga/CNW MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 4, 2019 /CNW/ – Bombardier has announced that Mississauga will be home to a new global manufacturing centre for its Global business jets. The 41.2 acre facility will be located on Toronto Pearson Lands. “Mississauga is thrilled to welcome Bombardier to our city – a leading global aerospace hub and home to Canada’s largest aerospace sector,” […]

Bombardier long-term lease deal welcome news for aerospace workers

Provided by Unifor/CNW TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2019 /CNW/ – Unifor welcomes Bombardier’s announcement of a long-term lease agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to build the new Global Manufacturing Centre located at Toronto Pearson International Airport. “The announcement of this new manufacturing facility is an important step in advancing the long term job security of our […]

Bombardier Teams with Texas State Technical College on Apprenticeship Program to Develop Local Talent, Manufacture Global 7500 Wing

Provided by Bombardier Business Aircraft/Globe Newswire Bombardier Aviation Apprenticeship Program (BAAP) will support growth of Global 7500 Advanced Metal Wing manufacture in Red Oak, Texas Comprehensive six-month program offers students chance to enter high-tech aerospace field with no formal training, charting course for great career New initiative will help grow grassroots aerospace pipeline in Red Oak RED […]

Bombardier expands sustainable aviation fuel offering

News provided by FlightGlobal – link to full story and updates 03 DECEMBER, 2019 – FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL BY: KATE SARSFIELD, LONDON Bombardier is stepping up its commitment to helping reduce the carbon footprint of business aviation, with its headquarters in Montreal becoming the first facility outside the USA to take delivery of sustainable aviation fuel […]

Bombardier Global 7500 Aircraft Receives Prestigious 2019 Ontario Professional Engineers Award

Provided by Bombardier Inc/Globe Newswire Award honours Bombardier’s world-class engineering teams for their ground-breaking work on the design of Global 7500 business jet Engineering effort involved coordination and collaboration with numerous major structural and systems suppliers Aircraft assembled at Bombardier facility in Toronto using innovative and cutting-edge technology The Global 7500 aircraft development program has positively influenced […]

Bombardier keeps 2019 delivery goal as 7500 production ramps up

News provided by FlightGlobal.com – link to full story 31 October by Jon Hemmerdinger, Boston, FlightGlobal.com Bombardier remains confident it will reach its goal of delivering 175 to 180 aircraft in 2019, though the Montreal-based airframer must significantly boost aircraft handoffs to achieve that goal. The company had delivered 117 aircraft in the first nine […]

CAE expands training capabilities and its network for business aviation

Press Release from CAE Inc SIMCOM purchases five full-flight simulators (FFSs) and five flight training devices (FTDs) from CAE’s latest product offering CAE is adding new flight training devices and full-flight simulators to its network to support training needs for Bombardier, Dassault, and Embraer business jet platforms Las Vegas, USA, October 22, 2019 (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) […]