Bombardier Hands Over 250th CRJ700 to SkyWest.TORONTO -- 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). today handed over the 250th 70-seat Bombardier CRJ CRJ redirects here. For other meanings of CRJ see CRJ (disambiguation) The Bombardier CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet) is a family of regional airliners manufactured by Bombardier, and based on the Canadair Challenger business jet. 700 regional jetliner to roll off the assembly line to SkyWest, Inc. of St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. . SkyWest Airlines will operate the aircraft on behalf of Delta Connection. The occasion was marked by a special ceremony at the Bombardier CRJ700 and CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 900 manufacturing facility at Mirabel, Quebec. "It's fitting that this aircraft is going to SkyWest Airlines, one of the first airlines to sign a Letter of Intent for CRJ Series aircraft in March 1989, before the CRJ aircraft program was officially launched," said Steven Ridolfi, President, Bombardier Regional Aircraft. "SkyWest has been a loyal customer ever since, having re-ordered Bombardier CRJ aircraft several times since it put its first CRJ aircraft into service in March 1994. We are pleased with their continuing confidence in Bombardier and its products. "The CRJ regional aircraft family has won accolades because of its reliability, flexibility, economics of operation and strong passenger appeal," added Mr. Ridolfi. "The CRJ is the largest regional aircraft program in history and SkyWest, Inc. is the largest single operator of these aircraft." "The Bombardier CRJ is the airplane that changed SkyWest Airlines from a midsize airline flying only turboprops to one of the largest regional jet operators in the world," said Jerry Atkin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SkyWest Inc. "In fact, with our recent acquisition of ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and , we have become the largest regional airline alliance in the world with more than 300 Bombardier regional jets in our combined fleets. The Bombardier CRJ has been a powerful asset for us since day one and we're proud to be taking this 250th CRJ700 aircraft." SkyWest Airlines currently operates 123 Bombardier CRJ200 and 57 Bombardier CRJ700 70-seat aircraft, while ASA operates 106 Bombardier CRJ200 and 35 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700 jets. The fleet operates on behalf of Delta Connection and United Express. The combined Bombardier fleet totals 321 aircraft. As of January 31, 2006, Bombardier CRJ aircraft orders stood at 1,436 aircraft, with 1,345 delivered to operators worldwide. About Bombardier A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from regional aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2005, were $15.8 billion US and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (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. ). News and information are available at www.bombardier.com. Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ200, CRJ700 and CRJ900 are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. Note to Editors: An image of a SkyWest CRJ700 aircraft will be ava ilable on our Web site multimedia gallery at: www.aero.bombardier.com/ htmen/F15.jsp BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BBD.MV.A) (TSX:BBD.SV.B) |
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