Bombardier Signs Qantas for Six New Q300 Turboprops.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2003 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). announced today that Qantas Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. of Sydney, Australia has placed a firm order for six new 50-passenger Bombardier Q300(i) turboprops and has taken options on two additional Bombardier Q300 aircraft for the carrier's QantasLink regional airline operation. Deliveries are scheduled for the first half of 2004. The new Bombardier Q300 aircraft will replace older model 36-seat Dash 8(i) Series 100 aircraft currently operated by QantasLink for its services to regional Australia. "These new aircraft are a significant investment in our regional fleet," said Narendra Kumar, executive general manager, Regional Airlines, Qantas Airways. "We are committed to continuing our investment in QantasLink to ensure we have the best aircraft to meet the needs of regional Australia." QantasLink currently operates 33 Dash 8 Series 100, Bombardier Q200 and Bombardier Q300 aircraft. "We are delighted that Qantas has once again chosen Bombardier Aerospace to meet its ongoing requirements," said Steven A. Ridolfi, president, Bombardier Aerospace, Regional Aircraft. "We are proud of our almost 20-year association with Qantas, which has some of the world's most exacting technical standards for aircraft." "This order is also further evidence that despite the popularity of regional jets, there is and will continue to be a market for 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 aircraft where their lower operating economics can mean the difference between profit and loss on many regional airline routes," Mr. Ridolfi added. QantasLink operates the world's longest regional airline route system, stretching more than 1,950 nm (3,609 km) along Australia's east coast from Hobart, Tasmania to Horn Island Horn Island is the name of:
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to . The airline serves 54 communities with more than 2,500 flights a week. Firm orders for Bombardier Q Series and Dash 8 turboprops total more than 700 aircraft, with over 670, including 203 Q300, delivered. The worldwide fleet has flown almost 13 million hours and has carried more than 384 million passengers. 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 Noun 1. amphibious aircraft - an airplane designed to take off and land on water amphibian aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet(i) and Bombardier Skyjet(i) business aircraft programs, technical services, and 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 The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 75,000 people and manufacturing facilities in 25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003 stood at $23.7 billion Cdn. Bombardier shares are traded 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 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. , BOM and BBDd.F). (i) Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries. Note to Editors: An image of a QantasLink Q300 aircraft is available in our web site multimedia library at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F15.jsp |
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