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Company now focused solely on business jets and rail transportation. Bombardier’s restructuring program continues to move along with its announcement that it will sell its aerostructures business to Spirit AeroSystems …
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Data from Forecast International’s innovative Platinum Forecast System® 4.0 show that a total of 12,000 business jets will be produced during the 15-year period from 2019 through 2033. The Connecticut-based …
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Recent U.S. DoT Data Reveals Fleet of 7,356 Aircraft Flying as of Year-End 2018 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) released …
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Under a restructuring plan begun almost five years ago, Bombardier has radically narrowed its aerospace focus to business jets and aerostructure production. Three major divestitures have transformed the Canadian company …
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by Douglas Royce, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Bombardier announced in June 2019 that it had agreed to sell the CRJ program to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The deal includes …
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U.S. Manufacturers Deliver 587 Aircraft in Fourth Quarter – Up 55 Units from Q4 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers …
Read MoreU.S. Manufacturers Deliver 416 Aircraft in Third Quarter – Up 39 Units from Q3 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. As part of a broad strategy to streamline its operations, Bombardier announced that it would sell off a number of …
Read MoreU.S. Manufacturers Deliver 413 Aircraft in Second Quarter – Up 34 Units from Q2 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association …
Read MoreBy Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. As usual, the order contest between Airbus and Boeing will take center stage at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow in the U.K. Through …
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