Bombardier Sells 20 Additional CRJ700 Jets to SkyWest Airlines.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). (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :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. .MV.A) (TSX:BBD.SV.B) announced today that SkyWest Airlines
Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd is a regional airline company based in Perth, Australia servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia as well as charter 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. has placed a firm order for 20 additional 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 jets to increase its CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 700 fleet to 52 aircraft. E[acute accent]The firm order is valued at approximately $637 million US. E[acute accent]"The CRJ700 aircraft's low operating costs really shine in today's challenging airline market environment and this order is another testament to the fact that we've got the economics right," said Steven Ridolfi, president, Bombardier Regional Aircraft, noting that the operating cost of the CRJ700 airliner is 10 per cent lower than its closest competitor. "With the CRJ700 airliner, we have the right combination of economics, passenger comfort and commonality." E[acute accent]SkyWest's CRJ700 aircraft, of which 23 were in service as of February 28, 2005, all fly under the United Express banner for United Airlines from bases in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. E[acute accent]SkyWest also operates 125 50-seat Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets. When all firm orders have been delivered, SkyWest will be operating a total of 177 CRJ aircraft. E[acute accent]"The cabin comfort and inflight amenities provided to our passengers allow us to make best use of the CRJ700 aircraft's range capability so we have flights approaching three hours in length," said Jerry Atkin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, SkyWest Airlines. "We are able to operate the aircraft in stage lengths up to 1,500 miles. Thus, we can serve United's long, thin routes at considerable cost savings to them." E[acute accent]As of February 28, 2005 Bombardier had delivered 1,226 CRJ aircraft to customers in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. The CRJ program is the sixth best-selling commercial jet program in history. SkyWest recently took delivery of the 200th CRJ700 manufactured in the Bombardier CRJ700 program. E[acute accent]About Bombardier E[acute accent]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). News and information are available at www.bombardier.com. E[acute accent]Bombardier, CRJ, CRJ200 and CRJ700 are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. E[acute accent]Note to Editors E[acute accent]Images of SkyWest CRJ700 aircraft are available in our web site Multimedia Library at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F15.jsp |
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