Styrian Spirit Signs for a New Bombardier CRJ200.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). announced today that Styrian Spirit Styrian Spirit was an airline based in Graz, Austria, the capital of Styria. It operated services to scheduled and charter destinations within Europe. The airline also operated as Slovenian Spirit and Salzburg Spirit , an airline based in Graz, Austria has signed a contract to purchase one 50-seat 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(i) regional jet. The firm order is valued at approximately $24.3 million U.S. Founded in 2002, Styrian Spirit has been operating three previously owned Bombardier CRJ200 jets on routes from Graz to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Krakow and Zurich. "The Bombardier CRJ200 is very popular among crews and passengers," said Otmar Lenz, Chief Executive Officer, Styrian Spirit. "It has proven to be very reliable on our route system, which will now be expanded with our new aircraft.The CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200 allows Styrian to serve cities in Europe directly from Graz allowing our passengers non-stop service to popular European destinations without having to fly through Vienna. "The commonality between the CRJ200 and the larger Bombardier CRJ aircraft in crewing, maintenance, spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. and customer support provides Styrian Spirit with an excellent opportunity for growth," added Mr. Lenz. "We are delighted that Styrian Spirit has chosen to expand its Bombardier CRJ200 fleet," said Steven A. Ridolfi, President, Bombardier Regional Aircraft. "The airline's experience with the CRJ is further proof of the aircraft's reliability, economy and strong passenger appeal." As of May 31, 2004, the Bombardier CRJ Series program, the largest in regional aircraft history, had received 1,359 firm orders with 1,095 delivered to customers in over 20 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Conditional orders and options could boost the CRJ program total to 2506 aircraft. About Bombardier 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, 2004 were $15.5 billion US and its 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). News and information are available at www.bombardier.com. (i) Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. and its subsidiaries. Note to Editors: Images of CRJ200 are available in our web site multimedia library at: www.aero.bombardier.com/htmen/F14.jsp For more information on Bombardier Aerospace at Farnborough 2004, please visit www.Aeroshow.com Bombardier Aerospace (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BBD.A) (TSX:BBD.B) |
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