Bombardier Inc. (French pronunciation: [bɔ̃baʁdje]) is a Canadian business jet manufacturer. It was also formerly a manufacturer of commercial jets, public transport vehicles, trains, and recreational vehicles, with the last being spun-off as Bombardier Recreational Products. The company originally produced snowmobiles, over time expanding into the aviation, rail, and public transit businesses.
Bombardier manufactures several series of corporate jets, Global 7500, Global Express, Challenger 6500, Challenger 3500, and Learjet 70/75.
Aircraft List
https://businessaircraft.bombardier.com/en/aircraft
The link provided above holds a website about the full list of bombardier aircrafts.
Aviation
In 1986, Bombardier acquired Canadair for C$120 million from the Government of Canada after it recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian history.[18]
In 1989, the company acquired Short Brothers.[19]
In 1990, it acquired Learjet. In 1992, the company acquired de Havilland Canada from Boeing.[20]
In 1995, the company founded Flexjet. In December 2013, the division was sold for $195 million.[21]
On June 29, 2016, Bombardier delivered the first CSeries CS100 aircraft (now called the Airbus A220) to Swiss International Air Lines. Air Canada placed an order for the aircraft one day earlier.[22]
In April 2016, Delta Air Lines placed an order for the aircraft.[23][24] On September 26, 2017, after Boeing complained that Bombardier was selling the CS100 to Delta Air Lines below cost due to subsidies from the governments of Canada and Quebec, the United States Department of Commerce proposed a 219% tariff on the aircraft. Boeing's complaint stated that the CS100 planes were being sold at US$19.6 million each, below the US$33.2 million production cost.[25][26] The governments of Canada and the United Kingdom threatened to stop ordering Boeing aircraft since the company was putting aerospace jobs at risk.[27][28] On January 26, 2018 the United States International Trade Commission overturned the tariffs.[29] Boeing did not appeal.[30]
In July 2018, Airbus acquired a 50.01% stake in the CSeries for one Canadian dollar, with an option to acquire the remaining interest by 2024.[31][32] Airbus built a second CSeries assembly line at its A320 assembly facility in Mobile, Alabama.[33]
In November 2018, the company announced the sale of its turboprop passenger aircraft to an affiliate of Viking Air. It also announced 5,000 layoffs.[34]
In March 2019, the company sold its Business Aircraft Training business to CAE Inc. for $645 million. The business included flight simulators and training devices for the Bombardier Learjet, Challenger, and Global product lines.[35]
On 25 June 2019, Bombardier agreed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to sell the CRJ programme, a deal was expected to close in early 2020 subject to regulatory approval.[36] Bombardier will retain the Mirabel assembly facility and produce the CRJ on behalf of Mitsubishi until the current order backlog is complete.[37]
In October 2019 Bombardier announced the sale agreement of its remaining aerostructure division to US company Spirit AeroSystems.[38] The division at time of sale involved component manufacture for new and after-market Bombardier group and Airbus group aircraft models, and also operated in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. Due to how the 2020 pandemic affected the industry, the agreement was renegotiated with the sale to Spirit concluded finally in October 2020.[39] Bombardier's former aerostructures division purchased by Spirit consisted at time of sale of operations in Belfast UK, Casablanca Morocco and Dallas USA.[40]
The 2019-20 aerostructures division sell-off was described at the time as supporting Bombardier's "strategic decision to reposition itself as a pure-play business aircraft company".[40]
In February 2020, Airbus acquired an additional 25% stake in the A220 for US$591 million. This transaction was the final step to get Bombardier Aviation out of the commercial jet industry.[41]
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