Bombardier Receives Nine-Aircraft Q200 Order from Piedmont Airlines.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1999--Bombardier Aerospace (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.) (ME:BBD.A.) (TSE:BBD.B.) (ME:BBD.B.) Bombardier Aerospace has announced that Piedmont Airlines of Salisbury, Md., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of US Airways Group US Airways Group Inc. NYSE: LCC is the Tempe, Arizona-based airline holding company that operates US Airways, US Airways Express and America West Airlines. It also operates additional companies that provide associated services. , Inc., will acquire nine 37-seat Q Series 200 aircraft. The acquisition will increase to 93 the number of Piedmont Dash 8(R) aircraft carrying the US Airways Express US Airways Express is an airline brand name, rather than a fully certificated airline, and as such, the US Airways Express name is used by several individually owned airlines or airline holding companies which provide regional airline and commuter service for US Airways. livery and to 115 the number of Dash 8 aircraft operating US Airways Express services. "Piedmont Airlines has been a valued customer since 1979 when it purchased its first 50-passenger de Havilland Dash 7," said Robert D. Gillespie, president of Bombardier Aerospace, Regional Aircraft. "We are grateful for Piedmont's continuing confidence in Bombardier products, and we know that its passengers will enjoy the new Q200 aircraft with their superb Noise and Vibration Suppression (NVS NVS - Non-Volatile Storage ) system." This brings to 581 the total number of Dash 8/Q Series aircraft delivered and on firm order including 87 for the Q200 model. US Airways, US Airways Express, US Airways Shuttle US Airways Shuttle is the brand for an hourly service offered by US Airways between Boston, New York, and Washington. The shuttle has various food and beverage offerings that include:
Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is the world's third largest civil aircraft manufacturer with operations in three countries. Leading the 20- to 70-passenger regional carrier market, Bombardier Aerospace offers complete families of turboprop and regional jet aircraft. It has the industry's widest range of business jets, offering both full and fractional ownership, and also produces firefighting/maritime mission aircraft. It provides technical services, aircraft maintenance and pilot training to business, regional airline and military customers. Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation active in the fields of aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products, financial services and services related to its products and core businesses. It operates plants in 11 countries in North America and Europe and more than 88 per cent of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended January 31, 1998 totalled $8.5 billion. (R) Registered trademark of Bombardier Inc. |
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