Bombardier Inc.
Aerospace manufacturer in Canada
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| February 17 2025 | Delta Connection Flight 4819, a CRJ900LR, crashed on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The aircraft came to rest upside-down, losing its right wing and tail fin. Despite the severe damage, all 80 passengers and crew survived, though the aircraft was deemed a total loss. |
| January 29 2025 | American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ701ER, collided with a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The collision resulted in a crash into the Potomac River, killing all 67 people on both aircraft (64 on the CRJ700 and 3 on the helicopter). This was the first fatal accident involving the Bombardier CRJ700 series. |
| 2024 | Bombardier is constructing two monorail lines in Egypt: from October City to suburban Giza and from Nasr City to New Cairo. |
| November 2024 | SkyWest ordered 60 kits to convert additional aircraft into the CRJ550 configuration. |
| October 2024 | SkyWest announced it would operate an additional 40 CRJ550s under the United Express brand, including 11 previously operated by GoJet. |
| July 2024 | SkyWest Airlines began introducing the first of 19 CRJ550 aircraft operating under the Delta Connection brand. |
| 2023 | Continued financial improvement with revenue increasing to $8.0 billion and returning to profitability with a net income of $445 million, employee count growing to 18,100 |
| 2023 | Bombardier delivered 138 business jets, becoming the world's number one manufacturer of business jets. |
| 2022 | Bombardier Transportation announced the transfer of the Talent 3 EMU regional train business to CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). |
| 2022 | Bombardier Transportation's business was planned to be transferred to Hitachi Rail, marking a significant change in the company's corporate structure and ownership. |
| 2022 | Slight revenue increase to $6.9 billion, but returned to net loss of $148 million, with employee count rising to 15,900 |
| 2021 | Significant financial recovery with a net income of $5,070 million, despite low revenue of $6.0 billion and reduced workforce of 13,800 employees |
| May 18 2021 | The Global 7500/8000 series became the first business jet to break the sound barrier and the fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde during testing. |
| February 28 2021 | The final CRJ, a CRJ900, was delivered to SkyWest Airlines, marking the end of production. |
| January 29 2021 | Acquisition deal with Alstom for Bombardier Transportation division was completed. |
| 2020 | Bombardier began introducing new C30 stock cars for the Stockholm metro. |
| 2020 | Continued financial challenges with revenue further declining to $6.4 billion and a net loss of $568 million, employee count reduced to 16,000 |
| December 2020 | Bombardier completed manufacturing of CRJ aircraft after fulfilling all existing orders. |
| December 2020 | Bombardier completed its CRJ series aircraft order backlog at the Mirabel facility, concluding production of this aircraft series. |
| December 1 2020 | Bombardier Inc. announced the planned closure of the transaction with Alstom. |
| November 2020 | Bombardier sold its Belfast operations located at the former Short Brothers plant to Spirit AeroSystems, ending its manufacturing presence in Northern Ireland. |
| November 2020 | Bombardier sold its Casablanca facilities in Morocco, which produced flight controls for CRJ series aircraft, to Spirit AeroSystems. |
| October 2020 | Alstom shareholders held a meeting to approve the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation. |
| October 30 2020 | The sale of aerostructures activities to Spirit AeroSystems was closed after a last-minute amendment to the deal. |
| June 1 2020 | The CRJ program sale to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was completed, with Bombardier's CRJ-related activities transferred to MHI RJ Aviation Group. |
| February 2020 | Bombardier Transportation had 36,000 employees and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations worldwide at this time. |
| February 17 2020 | Bombardier agreed to sell its rail division to Alstom and confirmed its focus on exclusively business aviation. |
| February 12 2020 | Bombardier sold its share in Airbus Canada Limited Partnership for $591 million, marking its strategic exit from the commercial aviation sector. |
| 2019 | Bombardier introduced British Rail Class 710 for London Overground. |
| 2019 | Company experiences significant financial downturn with revenue dropping to $7.4 billion and a net loss of $1,607 million, workforce reduced to 24,350 employees |
| October 31 2019 | Bombardier announced the sale of its aerostructures activities and MRO facilities in Northern Ireland, Morocco, and Dallas to Spirit AeroSystems. |
| August 7 2019 | First CRJ550 aircraft was delivered to United Airlines, ahead of FAA certification in September. |
| June 25 2019 | Bombardier agreed to sell the CRJ program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, including service centres and type certificates. |
| June 3 2019 | The Q400 program sale to Viking Air closed, with the new De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited inheriting an order book of 51 Q400s. |
| May 2 2019 | Bombardier announced the consolidation of all its aerospace assets into a 'single, streamlined and fully integrated business', which included the sale of its operations in Belfast and Morocco. |
| May 2 2019 | Bombardier's aerospace division was renamed Bombardier Aviation following divestment of the CSeries and Q400 programmes. |
| March 2019 | Bombardier sold its Business Aircraft Training business to CAE Inc. for $645 million, including flight simulators and training devices for Learjet, Challenger, and Global product lines. |
| February 6 2019 | Bombardier announced the CRJ550 variant with launch customer United Airlines, ordering 50 aircraft with a unique seating configuration of 10 first class, 20 economy plus, and 20 economy seats. |
| 2018 | Bombardier slipped to become the 3rd largest rail-equipment manufacturer in the Western World and fourth globally, surpassed by CRRC, Siemens, and Alstom. |
| 2018 | Bombardier reports annual revenue of $16.2 billion and net income of $318 million, with 40,650 employees |
| 2018 | The CRJ900 had a list price of $48 million, with most customers paying between $20 and $22 million. American Airlines secured an order for 15 aircraft at under $20 million each. |
| 2018 | Bombardier released the Global 7500 business jet, representing their most advanced long-range business aircraft to date. |
| 2018 | Bombardier started production of the Global 7500 business jet, which continues to the present day. |
| November 2018 | Bombardier announced the sale of its turboprop passenger aircraft unit to Viking Air and planned 5,000 layoffs. |
| November 2018 | Bombardier sold its business jet training program to CAE Inc. for $645 million and announced 5,000 job cuts across its global workforce over 18 months. |
| November 8 2018 | Viking Air parent Longview Aviation Capital Corp. acquired the Q400 program and de Havilland brand from Bombardier for $300 million, with expected annual savings of $250 million. |
| July 2018 | Airbus acquired a 50.01% majority stake in the CSeries program holding company, with Bombardier retaining 31% and Investissement Québec holding 19%. The CSeries was subsequently rebranded as the Airbus A220. |
| June 2018 | Bombardier began selling off commercial aviation assets, starting with the sale of the CSeries to Airbus. |
| May 3 2018 | Bombardier announced the sale of its Toronto Downsview facility for $635 million, which manufactures the Global business jet family and Q400 regional turboprops. The company leased back the facility for three to five years to maintain Q400 production and planned to open a final assembly plant for Global business jets at Toronto Pearson International Airport. |
| February 2018 | Conversion of all former CRJ705 aircraft to CRJ900 configuration was completed. All converted aircraft received supplemental identification plates reflecting the change. |
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