Bombardier Delivers 36th CRJ200 to Atlantic Coast, Airline has 60 Additional Firm Orders Plus 80 Options.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 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.) has delivered the 36th CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200* regional jet to Atlantic Coast Airlines Atlantic Coast Airlines (IATA: DH, ICAO: BLR, and Callsign: Blue Ridge) was an airline based in the United States owned by Atlantic Coast Holdings, Inc.. It operated as United Express for United Airlines and Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines. Holdings, Inc. (ACAI) of Dulles, Virginia. Atlantic Coast recently announced a follow-on CRJ200 order for 27 aircraft. In addition to the 36 CRJ200 aircraft delivered, the airline still holds firm orders for 60 more CRJ200s plus options for 80 additional CRJ200 aircraft. Atlantic Coast first ordered CRJ* aircraft from Bombardier in January 1997. Its initial order was for 12 CRJ200 aircraft plus 36 options. The airline's first CRJ aircraft entered the Atlantic Coast fleet in the summer of that year. Atlantic Coast operates as Atlantic Coast Airlines/United Express in the eastern and midwestern United States and as Atlantic Coast Jet/Delta Connection in the eastern U.S. The company offers about 650 daily departures to 51 destinations in 24 states. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is the leading business, regional and amphibious aircraft manufacturer. With full design and production capabilities in three countries, it offers the most comprehensive families of 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 and regional jet aircraft and the widest range of business jets. It also provides the Flexjet(R) fractional business aircraft 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 Cdn$13.6 billion. (R) Registered trademark of Bombardier Inc. * Trademark of Bombardier Inc. Note to Editors: Images of CRJ200 aircraft are available on our website photo gallery at: www.aerospace.bombardier.com/htmen/F15.htm |
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