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Canadian airframer Bombardier has completed its departure from the commercial aircraft market following the sale of its CRJ series to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd for $550m (£439m). Bombardier has built commercial airlines for 3 decades and has brought aircraft including the Dash 8, C-Series and CRJ models. The rights to [read more]

A major fire has broken out at the Bombardier’s aircraft factory which is on Queens island next to Belfast City Airport. Pictures from the scene showed massive plumes of smoke rising from the site as fire tore through the roof of one building where fuselage sections are made. The fire [read more]

US company Spirit Aero Systems has purchased several Bombardier aerospace facilities including its site in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The deal is reportedly worth more than $1bn and will help Spirit Aero Systems diversify its customer base away from US airframer, Boeing. The move will see the Kansas based company become [read more]

Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier is to 5000 jobs across its global business over the next year and a half. Some 3000 of those jobs will go at its facilities in Canada while the remaining 2000 will go other sites across the company including some at its aircraft facility [read more]

The  U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against aerospace giant Boeing in a trade case it brought against Candian plane-maker Bombardier The unanimous ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) means Bombardier is free to sell its C-Series jets to Delta Airlines without tariffs being imposed. The US Trade Commission attempted [read more]

Airbus and Bombardier just delivered a huge slap in the face to Boeing and the US government by joining forces over the Canadian manufactures newest plane, the C-Series. Airbus has taken a majority share in Bombardiers struggling C-Series project in a move to protect jobs worldwide and provide the Canadian [read more]

 The U.S. Department of Commerce in an initial ruling has imposed “countervailing duties” of 220% on imports of Bombardier Canada’s C Series aircraft. The decision is subject to final consideration by the Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission. If the ruling is confirmed, and CSeries imports are [read more]

Human error was the primary cause of the crash between an Airbus A350 and a Japanese Coastguard Bombardier Dash 8 at Tokyo’s Haneda airport according to the preliminary report by authorities. Japan’s Transport Safety Board said that the crew of the coastguard aircraft had been focused on the mission ahead [read more]