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Falcon Aviation Services signs agreement for two Q400s

Falcon Aviation Services Q400

On February 9th, 2014, Bombardier announced that Falcon Aviation Services signed a firm purchase agreement for two Q400 NextGens. Including this order from Falcon Aviation Services, Bombardier has recorded firm orders for a total of 486 Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft.

Palma Holding Limited orders 4 Q400s with options on 4 more

On February 3rd, 2014,  Bombardier announced that Palma Holding Limited signed a firm agreement for four Q400 NextGen aircraft. The agreement includes options for an additional four Q400 NextGens. This agreement followed a letter of intent that Bombardier announced on November 18, 2013. Palma intends to lease four of the Q400 NextGens to Ethiopian Airlines. …

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ARJ21 In-Service date pushed back to mid-2015

The Comac ARJ21 regional jet program announced another delay with the manufacturer now targeting an in service date of April or May 2015. This will be eight years later than originally scheduled and 13 years after development of the aircraft program started. First delivery to Chengdu Airlines, the launch customer, will be in late 2014 …

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Bombardier to lay off 1,700 employees

Bombardier Aerospace announced on January 21st, 2014 that the company would layoff 1,700 employees to contain costs after stretching out CSeries development by at least 12 months and having aircraft orders decline in 2013. The company indicated that it would layoff 1,100 employees in Canada and 600 in the United States. Bombardier has 38,350 employees worldwide. The …

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