Bombardier Signs Contract with Air Wisconsin for Six More CRJ200 Regional Jets.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 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. .A) (TSX:BBD.B) announced today that Air Wisconsin Air Wisconsin is an airline based in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, or AWAC, is the largest privately held regional and commuter airline which operates regional jet flights as US Airways Express under contract to US Airways, serving around 70 has placed a firm order for six additional 50-passenger 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. 200(a) regional jet aircraft as a result of its recently inaugurated code share relationship with AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from . The transaction, valued at $140 million U.S. ($213 million Cdn.), represents the conversion of six of the 26 conditional orders currently held by Appleton, Wisconsin-based Air Wisconsin. It increases the airline's firm orders to 64, of which 27 aircraft have been delivered. Air Wisconsin retains 20 conditional orders, and 75 options on Bombardier CRJ(a) aircraft. Air Wisconsin's Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft serve United Airlines hubs at Denver, Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles under the United Express banner and, the AirTran Airways hub at Atlanta as AirTran JetConnect. "The Bombardier CRJ gives us the performance necessary to operate effectively and economically in the challenging hot and high altitude environment at Denver as well as the complex air traffic environments at Chicago O'Hare and Atlanta Hartsfield International Airports," said Geoff Crowley, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Air Wisconsin. "Our passengers appreciate the speed and comfort of the aircraft on our increasingly longer stage lengths." "This order confirms Air Wisconsin's continuing confidence in the Bombardier CRJ," said John Giraudy, president, Bombardier Regional Aircraft. "The Bombardier CRJ has helped propel Air Wisconsin into the top ranks of regional airlines in the U.S." "Larger airlines are continuing to turn to their regional partners for profitable service in many markets. Air Wisconsin's agreement with AirTran Airways now extends Bombardier CRJ service to the networks of low-fare carriers for the first time," he added. Air Wisconsin flies more than four million passengers a year from 50 cities in 22 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The Bombardier CRJ200 is a member of Bombardier's best-selling family of regional jets that also includes the 70-passenger CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 700(a) and the recently certified 86-passenger CRJ900(a) that will enter revenue service early in 2003. The Bombardier CRJ family has now gathered 1215 firm orders, with 771 delivered as of Nov. 28, 2002. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is a world leader in the design, and manufacture of innovative aviation products and provides services for the regional, business and amphibious aircraft markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet(R) fractional ownership, aircraft charter and management, technical services, aircraft maintenance and pilot training for business, regional airline and military customers. Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. recreational products. It also provides financial services and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 80,000 people in 24 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2002 stood at $21.6 billion Cdn. Bombardier trades on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F). (R) Registered trademarks of Bombardier Inc. (a) Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. Note to Editors: Image of the Air Wisconsin Bombardier CRJ200 is available on our Web site photo gallery at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F15.jsp |
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