Do you know
what is the third biggest airplane manufacturer in the world? It is still in
debat between Bombardier, which I am writing about in this article, or Brazil’s
Embraer, which I will write about it in the next article. But whatever the real
answer is, they both are amazing companies, which is the reason why I am going
to make a review about them.
Well, to
begin with, Bombardier is a Canada based company. Its name when established was
Bombardier Inc. Now Bombardier Inc. is the mother company of Bombardier
Aerospace. With the headquarter is in Quebec, Canada, Bombardier employed more
than 35,000 persons total.
At first,
Bombardier Inc, bought Canadair in 1986 to make the nearly-bankrupt company
into a profitable one. Then an Ireland based aircraft manufacturer, Short
Brothers was acquired, also a near bankrupt company as well. Following Short
Brothers are the already-bankrupt Learjet business aircraft division of
Wichita, Kansas in 1990, plus a money-burner Boeing division company, de
Havilland Aircraft of Canada in 1992, based in Toronto, Canada.
Now the
aerospace division is responsible for more than half of the mother company’s
main revenue. The most popular aircraft of this company is the CRJ series,
which includes CRJ700, CRJ900, and CRJ1000. The other most popular series are
Dash 8 Series 400, and CRJ100, CRj200, and CRJ440.
To make an
improvement for their assembly plant, Bombardier plans to build two factory, in
Kansas City, Missouri, and Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, to increase the usage of
the CSeries, which are the most sold airplane in Bombardier.
To compete
face-to-face with Boeing’s most popular 737 Series next generation, Bombardier
makes the CSeries which offers 110 seats and 130 seats. With a claim of 20%
more fuel efficient, that makes the CSeries 8% more fuel efficient compared
with Boeing 737 Max.
Lufthansa
has already pre-order 60 CSeries aircrafts, with an option of additional 30
more. In 2011, NetJets has also placed an order of 50 plus additional options
up to 70 CSeries aircrafts, worth $2.8 to $6.7 billion. For customers who needs
any financial plan, Bombardier and China’s ICBC work together to supply the
financing for up to $8 billion.
The biggest
deal in the aircraft history was made in November 2012, between Bombardier and
Swiss’ VistaJet. VistaJet wants to buy 56 Bombardier Global jets worth to $3.1
billion, with an option for Bombardier to sell another 86 Global jets, which
makes the total transaction of $7.3 billion.
But in July
2014, as the president Guy Hachey retired, Bombardier divided the company into
three division, commercial aircraft, business aircraft, and aerospace and
aerostructure manufacture. This led to a more than 1,800 employees were fired.
Bombardier Aerospace Inc. - King of Air in Canada. There are any Bombardier Aerospace Inc. - King of Air in Canada in here.