On January 15, 2015 Bombardier Aerospace announced it was suspending its LearJet manufacturing program in a cost cutting move. It needs the cash to salvage its CSeries gamble. The Cost Cutting Effect The announcement’s impact played out in Mexico and Kansas, on the company’s financial sheets and on its share value. Manufacturing work suspension will mean about ...
Porter plans for the CS100 too ambitious?
Porter Airline plans to introduce the Bombardier CS100 jet as soon as city council gives approval. Does this plane really fit? As the Toronto Port Authority goes full tilt building momentum to introduce the CS100 to the Toronto Island Airport, spending like drunken stewards of the waterfront on consultants and studies for a longer runway for a tenant ...
The cSeries Saga Updated
Bombardier launched its CSeries jet series in 2008. The 100-seat passenger aircraft was due to go into service by mid 2014. Due to delays and an engine problem as late as last May, Bombardier isn’t expect to certify the aircraft until the second half of 2015, about a year from now. On August 29, the same ...
C Series Jet Engine Problem
Bombardier's C Series hit by new setback as engine fails reads the print and online Globe and Mail story from May 31, 2014. The C Series is Porter Airlines jet of choice for Toronto’s waterfront once the port authority secures approval from Toronto City Council. The jet’s manufacturer, Bombardier, wouldn’t say what form the failure took. ...
Making Omelettes
The expression, or rather justification, for questionable decisions goes, ‘If you want to make an omelette, you have to break some eggs’. In the case of Porter Airlines’ proposal to cover the waterfront with jets, the egg could be on the faces of city councillors. Blanketing one of Toronto’s prime tourist features with monster planes ...
Pressure
On December 27, the Montreal Gazette printed Fasten your seat belts as airlines up ante1, an account of the state of current competition in the Canadian airline. Bombardier Aerospace has a lot at stake. Air Canada is looking to replace its single aisle planes and Bombardier is pulling for its CSeries jets to feature in Air Canada’s ...