Bombardier Sells Follow-On Dash 8 Q100 To Ryukyu Air Commuter.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999--Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC See remote access concentrator. ) of Naha, Okinawa, has placed a firm order with 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.) (ME:BBD.B.) for one Dash 8 Q100 aircraft. The contract is valued in excess of $12.5 million U.S. ($19 million Cdn.). The aircraft will be delivered December 1999. RAC, a subsidiary of Japan TransOcean Air Japan Transocean Air Co., Ltd. (日本トランスオーシャン航空株式会社 and a member of the Japan Airlines group of companies, became the first Japanese customer for the Dash 8 when it ordered three of the 39-seat aircraft and took options on a further two in February 1996. The order announced today represents the conversion of one of those options. Ryukyu Air Commuter and its predecessor companies began operating de Havilland de Ha·vil·land , Olivia Born 1916. British-born American actress who portrayed Melanie in Gone With the Wind (1939) and won an Academy Award for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949). Twin Otter aircraft more than 25 years ago. The Dash 8 aircraft replaced the Twin Otters and supplement JTA's larger jet equipment on scheduled routes from Okinawa to resort islands in the Ryukyu Island chain. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., 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 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 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 designs and manufactures airframe components and aircraft engine nacelles. 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 business and Europe and more than 88 percent of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 1998 totalled $8.5 billion. (r) Registered trademarks of Bombardier Inc. |
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