Bombardier Aerospace
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Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group.
The aerospace division was launched with the acquisition of Canadair, at the time owned by the Government of Canada and a company that had recorded the then largest loss in history of any Canadian corporation. Politically, the Federal Government could not allow the Montreal, Quebec based company to close, and any hints that it might do so were met with media stories of the Government's Avro Arrow disaster.
After acquiring Canadair in 1986 and restoring it to profitability, Bombardier acquired the money-losing Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario. A few years later in 1989, Bombardier, by then experts at buying companies cheap and turning them around, acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shortly thereafter, in 1990 Bombardier acquired the Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of the world-famous Learjet business aircraft.
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Aircraft
Bombardier builds business jets, short-range airliners and fire-fighting amphibious aircraft and also provides defense-related services. Some of their aircraft designs originated in the design departments of Canadair or de Havilland Aircraft of Canada. The company has been adept at developing quiet turboprop airliners capable of using urban airports with relatively short runways and steep glide slopes.
Current production airliner models are the Continental, Global Express, Dash 8 and CRJ series. The Continental is a mid-size business jet. The Global Express is a extra long range, high speed business jet. The Dash-8 is a high-wing turboprop, while the CRJ is a low-wing jet with rear mounted engines. The CRJ is a derivative of the Canadair CL-600 Challenger business jet. Both aircraft have 2 seats on each side of the aisle.
Both models (Dash-8 and CRJ) have overhead bin storage, lavatories, and a galley. The latest Dash-8 models have an advanced noise canceling system that reduces noise considerably. Bombardier calls Dash-8 aircraft with this system "Q" models (e.g., Dash-8-300 becomes Q300).
These aircraft are selling well in a competitive market and are enabling some less popular routes (sectors in airline parlance) to be profitably served by scheduled air services with relatively low environmental impact at the airports. They have recently mounted and endured some unusual legal battles with a key competitor Embraer of Brazil focused upon allegations of unfair state assistance in export markets.
Each model is available in different versions:
Business Jets
- BD-100 Continental
- BD-700 Global Express
- BRJ-X
Canadair Regional Jets
- CRJ-100: 50 seats. Original model; Out of production
- CRJ-200: 50 seats. Enhanced version of the -100
- CRJ-700: 64-75 seats. Stretched -200
- CRJ-900: 86-90 seats. Stretched -700
Q Series Turboprops
- Q100: 33-37 seats. Original model
- Q200: 33-37 seats. Enhanced engines; "Hot/High" version of the -100
- Q300: 50-56 seats. Stretched -100 series
- Q400: 68-78 seats. Features 6-blade, low speed props for low noise.
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