Quebec's economic development, innovation and trade minister says the time has come for Ottawa to come to the table with cash for ailing aerospace company Bombardier Inc. The Montreal-based firm announced Wednesday that it was laying off some 7,000 of its workers, including nearly 3,000 in Canada. At the same time, the country's largest carrier, Air Canada, announced that it would pu...
Bombardier Business Aircraft announced today that fast-growing private jet operator Zetta Jet has exercised options for a total of two Global 6000 ultra-long range business aircraft. These two options were part of an announcement for one firm order plus four options originally announced on December 15, 2015, for the same aircraft model. Additionally, Zetta Jet has procured options for tw...
Bombardier's embattled C-Series airliner has finally found the major North American airline customer it has been searching for. Air Canada announced Wednesday that it would order 45 CS-300 airliners with an option for another 30 jets. "We are delighted to announce this important agreement with Bombardier for the purchase of CS-300 aircraft as part of the ongoing modernization of Air...
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (P&WC’s) Flight Acquisition, Storage and Transmission (FAST) solution is now in service on 580 aircraft, as a growing number of customers, including 20 regional airlines, are choosing the turnkey technology for aircraft and engine diagnostics, prognostics and health management. P&WC’s FAST solution captures, analyzes and sends full f...
The government will ease rules that constrain Air Canada’s ability to compete, after the country’s largest air carrier settled a dispute with Quebec and agreed to buy jets from Bombardier Inc. Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters in Ottawa Wednesday the government will seek to “clarify” the Air Canada Public Participation Act to allow the airline “to resp...
Air Canada says Quebec has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the airline in exchange for a commitment to have heavy maintenance work for Bombardier’s CSeries planes carried out in the province. The company says the work would be done for a minimum of 20 years, beginning in 2019. Air Canada’s announcement — subject to completion of final agreements — came hours after...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its all-new, recently-certified CS100 aircraft in the livery of first operator SWISS has kicked off demonstration tours and that its first stop will be Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In addition to stops in the Middle East, the aircraft – which is en route to the Singapore Airshow 2016 - is expected to make stops in a number of Asia-Pac...
Air Canada said today that it welcomes confirmation by the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) that its members have ratified a new contract on collective agreement terms for 12 years. Air Canada’s flight dispatchers are based at the airline’s Operations Centre near Toronto Pearson International Airport and assist flight crew in the preparation for flight departures and ar...
Bombardier Business Aircraft announced today that 19-year company veteran Chris Milligan has been appointed Vice President, Services Sales and Authorized Service Facilities (ASFs). Mr. Milligan will be based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Milligan began his career with Bombardier in 1996 within its then fractional jet ownership division, and has since held diverse positions of increasing scope and compl...
Airshow’s static display will include a CS100 aircraft in the livery of first operator SWISS, an 86-seat Q400 turboprop from Thailand’s Nok Air and Challenger 650 and Global 6000 business jets. Bombardier announced today its upcoming presence at Asia’s biggest airshow – the Singapore Airshow 2016 – with an impressive line-up of commercial and business aircraft for...
Transport Canada is preparing to introduce new guidelines for the operation of unmanned air vehicles similar to those being proposed in Europe. The new regulations were first introduced in May 2015, and are considered to be more risk-based than those currently used, which only distinguish between the commercial or recreational operation of small UAVs. A consultation between May and August ga...
Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc, whose stock has hit its lowest level in 25 years, will soon announce plans for a reverse stock split, two sources familiar with the matter said, in order to remain a part of Canada's benchmark stock index. The sources, who are not authorized to publicly discuss the plans, said Bombardier's board of directors had already approved the plan be...
