Bombardier Receives Repeat Order for Canadair Regional Jet Aircraft from Midway Airlines.

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1998-- Bombardier Inc.(TSE:BBD.A.) (ME:BBD.A.) (TSE:BBD.B.) (ME:BBD.B.) Midway Airlines Corporation has placed a firm order for three additional Canadair Regional Jet aircraft, which will increase its CRJ fleet to 13 of the 50-passenger twinjets.

The carrier, based at Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, ordered 10 CRJ Series 200ER aircraft in October 1997. Today's transaction reflects the conversion of three options.

Value of the three-aircraft order is approximately $63 million U.S. ($89.5 million Cdn.). Deliveries are scheduled during the first half of 1999.

To date, Midway has taken delivery of four CRJ aircraft from its initial order and is using the aircraft to increase frequencies to existing cities on its route network, upgrade service in some commuter networks and add new destinations, including three daily non-stop flights between Raleigh-Durham and Jacksonville, Florida.

"Our new CRJ aircraft are the perfect complement to our fleet," said Robert R. Ferguson, president and CEO of Midway Airlines. "With their speed and distance capabilities, we can now offer more flights to more cities, thereby better serving the needs of our passengers."

Mr. Ferguson added, "In all of the new aircraft types that I have introduced into an airline, the CRJ has had the smoothest entry in all aspects, from crew training through to reliability."

Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet family now stands at 363 firm orders for the 50-seat Series 100 and 200 and 70-seat CRJ Series 700 combined. Of that number, 227 Series 100 and 200 aircraft are delivered. CRJ Series 700 deliveries will begin in the fourth quarter of 2000.

Bombardier Aerospace is the world's third largest civil aircraft manufacturer with its Canadair and de Havilland operations in Canada, Learjet in the United States and Shorts in the United Kingdom. Leading the 20- to 70-passenger regional carrier market, Bombardier Aerospace offers complete families of Dash 8(R) turboprop and Canadair Regional Jet(R) aircraft. It has the industry's widest range of business jets, from the light and mid-size Learjet(R) series to the widebody Challenger(R) and ultra long-range Global Express(R). It also produces the Canadair 415 firefighting/maritime mission aircraft and specializes in the design and manufacture of airframe components and aircraft engine nacelles.

Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation engaged in design, development, manufacturing and marketing activities in the fields of transportation equipment, aerospace, and recreational products. It also provides financial services and services related to its products and core competencies. The Montreal-based Corporation operates plants in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, employing 47,000 people. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended January 31, 1997 totalled 8 billion Canadian dollars, and more than 85 percent of its revenues are generated in markets outside Canada.

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