Bombardier Aerospace (French: Bombardier AÃÆ' Â © ronautique ) is the division of Bombardier Inc. Headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.
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After acquiring Canadair in 1986 and returning it to profitability, in 1989 Bombardier acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing firm in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was followed in 1990 by the acquisition of a bankrupt American Learjet company, a business jet maker based in Wichita, Kansas; and finally the Los Angeles-based subsidiary of Boeing, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.
Aerospace companies now account for more than half of Bombardier Inc's revenue. By 2015 and 2016, the most popular aircraft include the Dash 8 Series 400 series, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 from regional airlines although the company devotes most of its Research and Development budgets to the newer CSeries. It also produces Bombardier 415 water amphibian bombers (on Dorval and North Bay), and Global Express and Challenger lines from business jets.
The CSeries, offered by Bombardier in several versions of size, compete with Airbus A318 and Airbus A319; models 737-600 and 737-700 Boeing 737 Next Generation; and Embraer 195. Bombardier claims CSeries will burn 20% less fuel per trip than these competitors, which will make it still about 8% more fuel-efficient than the Boeing 737 Max, introduced in 2017. Launch of customers for CSeries, Lufthansa , signed a letter of intent for up to 60 aircraft and 30 options in 2008. The manufacturing complex in Montreal was re-developed by Ghafari Associates to incorporate lean manufacturing from its CSeries aircraft.
In January 2012, the company began producing simple structures such as flight control for the CRJ series from a transitional facility near Casablanca, Morocco, the first facility in Africa. On September 30, 2013, the facility began to deteriorate at its permanent facility, due to open in late 2014. In October, a joint development agreement between Bombardier Aerospace and a government-led South Korean consortium was revealed, to develop a 90-seat turboprop regional airliner, targeting a date 2019 launch. The consortium includes Korea Aerospace Industries and Korean Air Lines. In November 2012, the company signed the largest deal in its history, with the Swiss jet business operator VistaJet, to send 56 Global series jets totaling $ 3.1 billion. The deal includes an option for Bombardier to produce and sell an additional 86 Global jets, which will assess all transactions at $ 7.3 billion.
In April 2013, Porter Airlines Canada placed conditional orders for 12 CSeries aircraft, with options for 18 other aircraft. However, this depends on Billy Bishop Airport Toronto City (on an island outside of downtown Toronto) allowing jets to use the facility and on a 550 meter runway extension. The study took place including environmental assessment, master planning exercises and initial runway design. In 2015, the Canadian Government announced that it would not approve changes to allow jets at the airport and the proposal was suspended.
In January 2014, Bombardier Inc. cut 1,700 employees from Bombardier Aerospace to save costs due to a 19 percent drop in orders by 2013. In July of the same year, Bombardier reorganized its corporate structure in response to its poor performance. President Guy Hachey retired and Bombardier Aerospace was divided into three divisions: a business plane; commercial aircraft and aerostructures; and engineering services. As part of the company's improvement, 1,800 jobs were cut. In its late 2014 statement, Bombardier Aerospace reported that it has reduced the number of employees as many as 3,700 during the year; deliver 290 planes and order 282 more; and also claimed "strong long-term potential".
On October 29, 2015 Bombardier announced a $ 4.9 billion loss in the third quarter and took 3.2 billion US dollars in CS series in the third quarter. Bombardier also said it would cancel its Learjet 85 program, taking an additional 1.2 billion US dollars and canceling 64 outstanding orders. Particularly because of CSeries, the company's debt has reached about $ 9 billion. Bombardier shares tumbled 17.4 percent on the day, probably because CSeries have not recorded a single order since September 2014.
On December 21, 2015, the company had only 243 corporate orders for CSeries, but a cash infusion of US $ 2.5 billion - $ 1 billion from the provincial government plus an investment of $ 1.5 billion from Caisse de dÃÆ' Â © pÃÆ'Â'ts et placement du QuÃÆ' Â © bec - making its parent company funded and optimistic. At the time, the federal government had not yet made a decision on whether a grant would be granted but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the media on Dec. 11 that he was well aware of the importance of the aerospace sector for the country's economy.
On February 17, 2016, Bombardier announced its profit in 2015 was $ 138 million before taking 5.4 billion $ write-down. In the same week, the company also announced it would cut 7,000 jobs.
After a very long and costly development process, at a cost of US $ 5.4 billion to date, and including a cost of US $ 3.2 billion, the CS100 version of the small CS100 (110-125 seats) received the initial type certification from Transport Canada on December 18, 2015. At that time, the company had only 243 strong orders and a letter of intent and commitment to 360 more, with the most recent being in September 2014.
Mostly for the CS300 model. The first CS100 is expected to fly in mid-2016 with the color of Lufthansa. "Certification is a great thing, but 2016 will be important for orders," said analyst Chris Murray, Managing Director with Alta Corp., told Bloomberg Business. Fred Cromer, president of commercial aircraft unit Bombardier hinted during a press conference on December 21, 2015 that price cuts - or other incentives - could be offered during negotiations to jump start sales (selling price for CS100 is US $ 71.8 million and for CS300 US $ 82 million). In addition to attractive prices, customers "will want support, they will want spare parts, they will want training," he explained. While Cromer will not offer specifics, his comments about the possibility of "aggressive deals" are widely published around the world and tend to plant seeds about discounts in the minds of potential buyers.
In an effort to increase its profit margin, Bombardier Aerospace announced on January 12, 2016 that it would cancel the deal with a third-party sales agent (Tag Aeronautics). The company also said it would cancel 24 companies and 30 optional orders for its aircraft, hoping to resell it later, without paying the agency fees.
In January 2016, United announced a planned purchase of 40 737-700s followed by orders for 25 other similar planes in March. (Strangely enough, United realized a few months later they did not really want these planes and turned them into four of the larger 737-800 and 61 737MAX jets.)
Marketing from CSeries was affected by production delays and intense competition in early 2016. On January 20, United Continental Holdings Inc. announced that it had ordered 40 Boeing 737-700s instead. Air Canada announced it will buy up to 75 CS300, a larger variant of CSeries, on February 17, 2016. Prior to this announcement, there was no order for CSeries aircraft since 2014.
The C-series program is expected to have positive cash flow after about 200 aircraft are delivered. David Tyerman, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, commented that the difficulty in winning orders illustrates the market hardships faced by Bombardier and the question of how profitable the next Serie C sequence they won would be theirs. According to Bjorn Fehrm of the airline consulting firm Leeham Company, the first 15 CSeries were produced in 2016 at every $ 60 million Bombardier cost to make, but will be sold for just $ 30 million.
Bombardier has negotiated with Delta Air Lines and the latter finally booked in April 2016 for 75 CS100 series models with options for 50 additional aircraft. At full listing price, the deal will amount to US $ 5.6 billion but some sources believe that Delta has received significant discounts. Air Canada also strengthened tentative orders for CSeries jets by the end of June 2016. The company ordered 45 from CS300 with options for 30 others. A statement by both companies indicates that the company's sales will be worth $ 3.8 billion, and the option will increase it to $ 6.3 billion if done. (However, these figures are based on the full sale price of the plane.) The shipment will not start until late 2019. Meanwhile, the negotiations continued with the Federal government for a $ 1 billion subsidy. The next day Bombardier sent the first CSeries plane to Swiss International Air Lines which was the first to start flying.
The involvement of Airbus as majority owner (50.1%) of CSeries, as announced in mid-October 2017, will have benefits. Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare said the partnership would significantly speed up sales. "It provides certainty for the future of the program so as to increase the level of confidence that the aircraft are there to stay.Combining CSeries with the global scale Airbus... will take the CSeries program to new heights".
Comac Collaboration
On March 24, 2011, the Chinese Commercial Aircraft Company (Comac) and Bombardier Inc. based in Shanghai signed a framework agreement for long-term strategic cooperation on commercial aircraft. The goal is to break the duopoly near Airbus and Boeing. Aircraft covered by the program include Bombardier CRJ-series, CSeries, and Q-series; and Comac ARJ21 and Comac C919.
Controversy of government subsidy
Embraer
Brazil and Canada were involved in international trade disputes being tried on government subsidies to domestic aircraft manufacturers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The World Trade Organization decides that Brazil is running an illegal subsidy program, Proex, which benefits Brazilian producer Embraer from at least 1999-2000; and that Canada illegally subsidizes its regional indigenous aircraft industry.
At the end of September 2017, the World Trade Organization announced that it would consider Brazil's complaints filed in February, including allegations that the Canadian government unfairly subsidizes CSeries. Embraer claims that subsidies are "unsustainable practices that change the entire global market, harming competitors at the expense of Canadian taxpayers."
Boeing
On April 28, 2016, Bombardier Aerospace sold 75 CSeries CS100 with a solid plus 50 options to Delta Air Lines. On April 27, 2017, Boeing filed a petition to dispose of $ 19.6m each, under a production cost of $ 33.2m.
On June 9, 2017, the US International Trade Commission (USITC) found the US industry threatened. On Sept. 26, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) observes a 220% subsidy and will collect deposits based on this. This will add 80% of the initial anti-dumping tasks above, so the total task is 300%. The DoC announced its final decision, a 292% total task, on December 20. On January 10, 2018, the Canadian government filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the United States.
On January 26, 2018, four USITC commissioners unanimously determined that the US industry was not threatened and no task order would be issued, canceling the duties imposed. The Commission public report is available in February 2018. On March 22, Boeing refused to appeal the verdict.
2015/2016 Government assistance
On October 29, 2015, the Quebec government announced that it would invest US $ 1 billion (approximately CAD $ 1.3 billion) to rescue struggling CSeries and protect jobs in so-called "risky steps".
That would give the province 49.5% of the shares in a limited partnership that would control the assets, liabilities and obligations of the CSeries program. Media reports initially claimed that Bombardier had also requested Ottawa for a refundable loan of $ 350 million but it became clear that the province was expecting the federal government to match its $ 1 billion loan in return for nearly 50 percent of shares in CSeries jet projects. There will be "tremendous pressure" on this government to help the company, Ian Lee, an economics professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, predicts. Assistance must be important, because the project has burdened Bombardier with debt, forcing him to struggle to raise cash in order to survive.
Both provincial and federal contributions will be in the form of a payable but questionable loan whether they will be repaid in accordance with independent economist Mark Milke. In fact, Milke also refers to a bailout loan as a "corporate welfare" on Globe and Mail 4 November 2015.
A few days after its shed, on November 10, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian Workers Congress that Bombardier Inc. should make a "strong business case" for federal assistance. Trudeau agrees that the company exemplifies the important high-value manufacturing "... a very important part of Canada for the coming years." Aerospace is a good example of it, like the automotive and other sectors "but insists that the government's decision will be based on the interests best of Canada, not on "emotion, politics, or symbols".
Finally, in April 2016, the federal government offered a package of assistance to the company but on April 15, it has not disclosed the amount or terms imposed. On that date, some media reported that Bombardier rejected the offer but an unnamed source told Reuters that in fact, the negotiations were still ongoing. On April 14, 2016, Bombardier's shares were at a six-month high based on rumors that Delta had ordered the CSeries jet. On 28 April orders for 75 aircraft, with options for the other 50 later, have been confirmed by Delta. However, George Ferguson, a senior airline and aerospace analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, told Toronto Star that his calculations indicate that "Bombardier sold CSeries for $ 4 million on average per aircraft less than the cost of making it."
The company continues to ask for a $ 1 billion aid package from the federal government. In mid-May, news reports indicated that the federal government had offered a $ 1 billion aid package (in addition to the $ 1 billion subsidy offered by the Quebec Government) but provided that the company eliminated a double-class share structure that allowed the Bombardier and Beaudoin families to control Bombardier regardless of only minority ownership. According to Bloomberg, the talks were "stuck" on May 13 because of this condition. The federal plan also recommends that the company issue new shares to get $ 1 billion in additional funding.
The negotiations between the Trudeau and Bombardier governments are still ongoing on July 8, 2016 with some questions whether giving a billion dollars to a company that has lost $ 6.5 billion in two years would be a logical investment. Nevertheless, the Toronto Star predicts that the government will continue with a bailout as bankruptcy for the company will result in the loss of some 70,000 jobs and a significant loss of Canadian exports, which had reached $ 34.2 billion in the preceding five years. In May 2016, Federal Treasury Secretary Bill Morneau said the aerospace sector was "very important" for Canada. In February 2017, the federal government agreed to provide Bombardier with $ 372.5 million in interest-free loans, which will be issued in installments over the next four years. Much of that amount is intended to assist the production of Global 7000 business aircraft; third is meant for CSeries.
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Aircraft
The business jet is currently in production
- Learjet 40 XR
- Learjet 45 XR
- Learjet 70/75
- Bombardier Challenger 300
- Bombardier Challenger 600 series 605
- Bombardier Global Express XRS/5000/6000
- Bombardier Global 7000/8000, launched in 2010, was introduced in 2018/2019.
Former business jet in production
- Learjet 35
- Learjet 55
- Learjet 60 XR
- Learjet 85
- Bombardier Challenger 850
Commercial jet currently in production
- Bombardier CRJ700 series/900/1000 (70-100 passengers)
- Bombardier CSeries (100-160 passengers), with roots in the concept of the BRJ-X jet (Bombardier Regional Jet eXpansion) 80-110.
Former commercial jet in production
- Bombardier CRJ200/100 (50 passengers)
Turbrops is currently in production
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Former turboprop in production
- CL-415
- Short 330
- Short 360
Military plane
- Short Tucano
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Bombardier CL-327 Guardian
Current facility
Bombardier Aerospace has manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in 27 countries. Production facilities are located in Canada, United States, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland), Mexico and Morocco.
On 3 May 2018, Bombardier announced the sale of the Toronto Downsview facility where it produced a global business jet and turboprop Q400 business for $ 635 million, leased for three to five years to maintain Q400 production, while 38 hectares (15 hectares). ha) site is rented at Toronto Pearson International Airport to open the final assembly plant for the Global business jet.
- Canada
- Montreal Trudeau International Airport - Headquarters. Challenger 300, 605 and 850 final assembly and flight test. Global family interiors settlement.
- International Airport MontrÃÆ'Â © al Mirabel - CRJ700/CRJ900/CRJ1000 and CSeries final assembly and flight test.
- Saint-Laurent, Quebec - Product Development Center. Facilities for cockpit and stern plane.
- Airport Downsview - Final test and flying test Bombardier Dash 8.
- Toronto Pearson International Airport - Global family ending meeting
- Mexico
- QuerÃÆ' Â © taro - Aircraft component manufacturing facility for Learjet 85, Challenger 605, CRJ700/CRJ900/CRJ1000 NextGen, Q400 NextGen, and Global 6000/7000.
- Morocco
- Casablanca - Flight control for CRJ series aircraft.
- United Kingdom
- Belfast, Northern Ireland - Aircraft, nacelle engine, manufacturing facility and wing assembly.
- United States
- Wichita, Kansas - Final meeting and flight test of the Learjet family.
Used facilities
- Canada
- The North Bay Airport - Bombardier CL-415 is the final assembly and test flight until production ends in 2015.
Production
Bombardier Aerospace fiscal or shipping calendar year of regional, business and amphibious aircraft:
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See also
- Viking Air - a Canadian manufacturer that purchases Bombardier type certificates for all de Havilland Canada designs that are discontinued.
Note
References
- Commercial Airplane and Airline by Christopher Chant.
External links
- Bombardier Aerospace
- Learjet 85
- Exeltech aerospace Inc.
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