Bombardier Announces That Horizon Air's CRJ700 Orders Now Total 30 Aircraft.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group, with the third largest workforce (behind Boeing and Airbus) and the fourth largest in yearly delivery of commercial airplanes (behind Boeing, Airbus and Embraer). (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. .A.)(TSE:BBD.B.) announced today that Horizon Air has increased its firm orders for the 70-seat CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 700* Series regional jet from 25 to 30 aircraft. The five-aircraft order, previously unannounced and already included in the CRJ700 Series backlog of 104 firm orders, is valued at approximately $130 million US ($192 million Cdn). The Seattle, Washington-based airline initially ordered 25 CRJ700 Series aircraft in December of 1998, stating that the CRJ700 "will be the optimum aircraft for our current jet routes and for future expansion." Horizon Air, the sixth largest regional airline in the United States, has been a Bombardier Aerospace, Regional Aircraft customer since 1985 when it placed an order for 10 Dash 8(R) Series 100 aircraft plus 10 options. Horizon currently has 40 Dash 8 aircraft, including 28 Noise and Vibration Suppression (NVS NVS - Non-Volatile Storage ) system-equipped Q200* Series. Horizon was also the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. launch customer for the new 350-knot, 70-seat Q400* Series turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a airliner, having placed a firm order for 15 aircraft plus 15 options in mid-1999. Horizon Air will place its first CRJ700 Series aircraft into commercial service in the first quarter of 2001, and will be the first carrier to operate Bombardier's two new 70-seat aircraft. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is the world's premier business, regional and amphibious aircraft manufacturer. With full design and production capabilities in three countries, it offers the most comprehensive families of turboprop and regional jet aircraft and the widest range of business jets. It also provides the Flexjet fractional ownership program, technical services, aircraft maintenance and pilot training for business, regional airline and military customers. Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and service company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. recreational products. It is also a provider of financial services and asset management. The Corporation employs 56,000 people in 12 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 90 per cent of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2000, totalled $13.6 billion Cdn. * Trademark of Bombardier Inc. (R) Registered trademark of Bombardier Inc. Note to Editors: Images of Horizon Air CRJ700 aircraft can be downloaded from our website's photo gallery at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F16.htm Images of Horizon Air Q400 aircraft can be downloaded from: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F12.htm |
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