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Daily Insight: Monday 1 April 2019: The Q400 is Far from Dead

News Bombardier announced the sale of 6 Q400 turboprop airliners to an undisclosed customer, this being another order after the announced sale of the program to Viking Air. Customers for the aircraft continue to confident about its future global support. The Q400...

A fleet audit – the de Havilland Canada DHC-8

The recent purchase of this program, in its entirety, by Viking Air, by way of Longview Aviation, provides an excellent time to do an audit to see what Viking has got its hands on. Our audit shows there were 1,260 of the four models ordered. These models are the...

Podcast – Bombardier’s Q Series sale and CRJ implications

A wide-ranging chat with regional airline guru UK-based Bernie Baldwin. We discuss the sale of the Q400 program to Viking. Along with several implications of this move. Viking has now bought every propeller-driven program Bombardier has owned. Indeed, Viking will...

Bombardier Focused on Market Leadership in North America

Fred Cromer, President of Bombardier Regional Aircraft and Patrick Baudis, Vice President of Marketing provided a briefing on the regional market and product news about the CRJ and Q400 at the Regional Airline Association on September 24th. Fred set the stage by...

Bombardier Reaches Labor Agreement in Toronto

Jun 25, 2018 | Bombardier, Bombardier Global 5500, Bombardier Global 6500, Bombardier Global 7500, Q400 Aircraft

Bombardier has reached a three-year labor agreement with the Unifor union representing its workers in its Toronto...

Bombardier lands LOI for up to 50 additional Q400s for SpiceJet

Jun 20, 2017 | Bombardier, Q400 Aircraft, SpiceJet

Bombardier announced today a letter of intent for up to 50 additional Q400s for SpiceJet. This includes 25 Q400s with...

The Ilyushin Finance CSeries Order Change

Aug 5, 2016 | Aerospace, Bombardier, C Series, Ilyushin Finance, Q400 Aircraft

Ilyushin Finance has modified its CSeries order with Bombardier, reducing firm orders from 32 to 20 CSeries aircraft,...

Russian aviation looks inward

Sep 11, 2014 | Bombardier, Ilyushin, Q400 Aircraft, UAC

Just three days ago a report surfaced that Bombardier's plans for a Russian production facility are being delayed. ...

FAS 2014 – Day Two

Jul 15, 2014 | Aerospace, Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A321, ATR, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 777, Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi MRJ, Q400 Aircraft

Day Two at Farnborough continued with additional announcements of new orders from the major industry players, as well...

Premium #128 – Farnborough Expectations

Jul 8, 2014 | Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus a350, Airbus A350xwb, Airbus A380, ATR, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 747 8, Boeing 777 8x, Boeing 777 9x, Boeing 787, Bombardier, C Series, COMAC, COMAC ARJ21, Embraer, Embraer E Jet, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi CJR, Mitsubishi MRJ, premium, Q400 Aircraft, Sukhoi Aerospace, UAC, UAC MC 21

Next week is the biggest air show of the year. The industry looks forward to it because so much news is announced that...

Premium #126 – The Regional Jet Market Evolves

Jun 24, 2014 | Airbus, American Airlines, American Eagle, Boeing, Bombardier, C Series, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Embraer E Jet, Fokker, KLM, Lufthansa, Mitsubishi CJR, Mitsubishi MRJ, premium, Q400 Aircraft

The regional jet market continues to live in the shadow of the mainline aircraft segment. However changes are taking...

EDITORIAL – There are no winners when economic sanctions are imposed

Mar 21, 2014 | Aeroflot, Aerospace, Airbus, Airbus A320, Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A330, Airbus a350, Airbus A350xwb, Airbus A380, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing 737 NG, Boeing 747 8, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Bombardier, C Series, General Category, Irkut, Q400 Aircraft, Sukhoi Aerospace, Transaero, UAC MC 21, Volga Dnepr

The current political tensions in the Ukraine have resulted in economic sanctions imposed by the US and its western...

Air Kazakhstan and Bombardier Agree on Q400 Deal

Mar 5, 2014 | Aerospace, Air Kazakhstan, Bombardier, Q400 Aircraft

A new regional airline, Air Kazakhstan is being established in the Central Asian republic and is expected to begin...

Q400 Gains Fourth Order at Dubai

Nov 19, 2013 | Bombardier, Q400 Aircraft

Abu Dhabi Aviation, which provides support for oil projects in the Middle East, has ordered 2 Q400s to add to its...

Q400 Gaining Traction in Africa

Nov 18, 2013 | Aerospace, Air Cote, Bombardier, Ethiopian Air, Q400 Aircraft

Bombardier has announced two orders for the Q400 from African carriers at the Dubai Air Show, with orders from Air...

A Higher Capacity Q400

Oct 31, 2013 | Aerospace, Bombardier, Q400 Aircraft

Bombardier is planning a higher density interior for the Q400, and apparently has an unannounced launch customer for...

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