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Bombardier C Series completes non-stop trans-Atlantic flight

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that a C Series aircraft with a representative payload successfully flew non-stop from London City Airport (LCY) to John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York City. The company said that the direct intercontinental flight followed a series of successful flights to demonstrate the CS100 aircraft’s capabilities for operations to and […]

Embraer-Bombardier dispute at WTO is joined by Japan

Tokyo has been paying more attention to the dispute between Brazil and Canada at the World Trade Organization over the subsidies of the Canadian government to Bombardier. Japan places its own position as the main exporter of aircraft components, according to a WTO document quoted by Law 360 journalists. Brazil‘s Council of Ministers of the […]

CRJ900 badly damaged after unchecked trailer detached

Danish investigators have determined that a tractor driver’s failure to check the vehicle led a towed trailer to detach and career into a parked Cimber Bombardier CRJ900. The CRJ900 suffered substantial damage at Copenhagen after the trailer – a mobile x-ray unit – collided with the aircraft beneath its starboard engine and wedged in the […]

Philippine Airlines & Bombardier finalize order for up to 12 Q400 aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced on the 8th of December 2016 that it has finalized a firm purchase agreement with Philippine Airlines, a flag carrier of the Philippines, as agreed on the Letter of Intent announced on 14th of October 2016. The purchase agreement includes a firm order for five Q400 aircraft and purchase rights for […]

Bombardier creates $1bn C-Series aircraft partnership with Québec

Bombardier has entered into a definitive agreement for the $1 billion investment by the Government of Québec in a newly created limited partnership. It will be called the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (the “CSALP”), to which the assets, liabilities and obligations of the C Series aircraft program will be transferred. “We are grateful for […]