Bombardier Aerospace today announced that the Learjet 85 aircraft successfully completed its first flight, achieving a major milestone in a business aircraft development program that will redefine the midsize segment. This first flight marks the start of the Learjet 85 aircraft’s flight test program leading up to the first customer...

Bombardier Aerospace hosted 152 business aircraft owners and operators and 25 suppliers and collaborators at the Intercontinental Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas on April 1-3, 2014 for the latest installment of their Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Conference. Attendees shared ideas and met fellow peers and dedicated members of Bombardier’s...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that Calgary-based WestJet Encore Ltd. has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 NextGen airliners. This transaction is a conversion of five of the 25 options booked by the carrier’s parent company WestJet and announced on August 1, 2012 along with WestJet’s firm order for 20 Q400 NextGen...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that China Express Airlines has converted previously announced conditional purchase agreements for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets into a firm order. The conditional purchase agreements for five CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, with options on an additional eight CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, were announced on December 2,...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that Hawaii Island Air, Inc. (Island Air) has placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has also taken options for four additional Q400 NextGen aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered with a dual-class, 71-seat configuration. Island Air is Hawaii’s leading regional airline and second oldest...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that Adria Airways of Ljubljana, Slovenia has signed a firm purchase agreement for two CRJ900 NextGen regional jets. A Star Alliance member with over fifty years of experience in scheduled and charter services, Adria Airways has been a Bombardier customer since March 1997. It currently operates four CRJ200, two...

Bombardier’s Global aircraft family celebrated a significant milestone with the entry-into-service of its first Global 6000 business jet to be operated from Mexico. The aircraft was delivered to Aero Angeles S.A de C.V., an aircraft operator based in Mexico, during a special ceremony at Bombardier Aerospace’s facility in Montréal. “We...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that low-cost carrier Nok Air of Thailand has converted two previously booked Q400 NextGen aircraft options to firm orders. The options were acquired under a contract announced on November 19, 2013 that also included two     firm-ordered aircraft and four purchase rights. At that time, Bombardier also confirmed...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that its technologically advanced Q400 NextGen regional airliner departs this weekend on a three-week, multi-country demonstration tour of the Latin American region, including planned stops in Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Panama and Mexico. The tour will also include stops in the Caribbean – the Cayman Islands and...

Bombardier Aerospace continues to enhance its aftermarket support worldwide by opening a new Regional Support Office (RSO) in Toluca, Mexico. The office will anchor regional support capabilities for Bombardier business aircraft customers throughout Mexico, and surrounding areas. The new RSO is located alongside Bombardier’s new business...

Attesting to the increasingly important role the Indian market holds within the greater Asia-Pacific region, and with demand for business and commercial aircraft projected to continue to grow in the area, Bombardier Aerospace will arrive at India Aviation 2014 in Hyderabad to showcase its innovative aircraft and its superior after-market services...

Bombardier Aerospace announced the new dedicated Customer Response Team (CRT) aircraft, a Learjet 45, has been launched to provide resolution of Aircraft on Ground (AOG)/unscheduled maintenance events in the continental United States. The aircraft will operate 24/7 and will be based at Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) in Palwaukee, Illinois, which...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it will be adding full service interior refurbishment capabilities to its comprehensive line and heavy maintenance offering at its wholly owned Singapore service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Flying Colours Corp. has been selected to offer these services on site to all Bombardier Learjet,...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that an existing customer, which has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has placed a firm order for an additional three CS300 aircraft. Based on the list price of the aircraft, the firm order for the three CS300 aircraft is valued at approximately $228 million US. “With its outstanding...

Bombardier Aerospace held an inauguration event on 11 February, coinciding with the Singapore Airshow, to officially open its new full-scale, company-owned service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Bombardier welcomed Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister’s office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and for Trade and Industry...