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Bombardier Aerospace ((フランス語:Bombardier Aéronautique)) is a division of Bombardier Inc. The company competes with Brazilian rival Embraer for the title of the third largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.〔"(Aerospace Directory )." Bombardier Inc. Retrieved on December 4, 2010. "400 Côte-Vertu Road West Dorval, Québec Canada H4S 1Y9." (Address in French ): "400, chemin de la Côte-Vertu Ouest Dorval (Québec)."〕 == History == After acquiring Canadair in 1986 and restoring it to profitability, Bombardier in 1989 acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was followed in 1990 by the acquisition of the bankrupt Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of business aircraft, and finally the money-losing Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. The aerospace division now accounts for over half of the company's revenue. Bombardier's most popular aircraft currently include its Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners. It also manufactures the Bombardier 415 amphibious water-bomber (in Dorval and North Bay), the Global Express and the Challenger business jet. Learjet is also a subsidiary of Bombardier based in Wichita. Bombardier had been in discussions with Mirabel, Quebec (near Montreal) and, in 2008, with Kansas City, Missouri〔http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/03/24/daily12.html〕 for a $375 million US assembly plant, for its future CSeries aircraft, which Bombardier is marketing as a replacement for aging DC-9, MD-80, and early, smaller versions of the Boeing 737. This new jet, which offers 110-seat and 130-seat versions, competes with the Boeing 737 Next Generation 737-600, 737-700, Airbus A318, Airbus A319, and Embraer 195. Bombardier claims the CSeries will burn 20% less fuel per trip than these competitors,〔(A New Bombardier Jet Draws Only Tepid Demand Jet New York Times, July 14, 2008 )〕 which would make it still about 8% more fuel efficient than the Boeing 737 Max scheduled for introduction 3 years later in 2017. The launch customer for the CSeries, Lufthansa, has signed a letter of intent for up to 60 aircraft and 30 options. The manufacturing complex in Montreal will be redeveloped by Ghafari Associates to incorporate lean manufacturing of its CSeries aircraft. In March 2011, the company obtained 50 firm orders and a further 70 optional order for jets from NetJets worth more than US$2.8 billion to US$6.7 billion, respectively.〔(The Globe and Mail )〕 Also in March 2011, Bombardier signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's ICBC Financial Leasing to provide advance aircraft payment financing for Bombardier customers worth $8 billion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Calgary Herald )〕 In January 2012, Bombardier began manufacturing simple structures such as flight controls for the CRJ series from a transitional facility near Casablanca, Morocco, its first facility in Africa. On 30 September 2013 it broke ground on its permanent facility, due to open late 2014.〔(Bombardier Aerospace Breaks Ground on New Moroccan Manufacturing Facility )〕 In October 2012, a joint development deal between Bombardier Aerospace and a government-led South Korean consortium was revealed, to develop a 90-seater turboprop regional airliner, targeting a 2019 launch date. The consortium would include Korea Aerospace Industries and Korean Air Lines. In November 2012, the company signed the largest deal in its history, with Swiss luxury aviation company VistaJet, to deliver 56 Bombardier Global jets for a total value of $3.1 billion. The deal includes an option for Bombardier to manufacture and sell an additional 86 Global jets, which would value the entire transaction at $7.3 billion. In April 2013, Canada's Porter Airlines placed a conditional order for 12 CSeries planes, with options for another 18.〔http://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.43556-porter-airlines-signs-purchase-agreement-for-up-to-30-bombardier-cs100-aircraft-becomes-cseries-aircrafts-canadian-launch-customer.bombardiercom.html?filter-bu=aerospace〕 However, this was conditional on the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (on an island just off downtown Toronto) allowing jets to use the facilities and on a 550-metre extension of a runway. As of November 4, 2015, a decision had not yet been made by the city, Ports Toronto and the federal government. Studies underway include an environmental assessment, master planning exercise and preliminary runway design.〔http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/11/03/porter-wants-airport-studies-completed-despite-liberal-win.html〕 In January 2014, the parent company cut 1,700 employees from Bombardier Aerospace to save costs due to a 19 percent drop in orders in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bombardier cuts 1,700 jobs to save cash after jet delays )〕 In July 2014, Bombardier reorganized its corporate structure in response to its underperformance. President Guy Hachey retired and Bombardier Aerospace was split into three divisions: business aircraft, commercial aircraft and aerostructures and engineering services. As part of the corporate overhaul, 1,800 jobs were cut. In its year end statement, Bombardier Aerospace reported that it had reduced the number of employees by 3,700 in 2014, delivered 290 planes in 2014, and had orders for 282 more; the company also claimed "strong long-term potential".〔http://ir.bombardier.com/var/data/gallery/document/21/49/11/25/14/Bombardier-MDA-Fiscal-Year-2014-en2.pdf〕 On October 29, 2015 Bombardier announced a US$4.9-billion third-quarter loss〔http://business.financialpost.com/investing/global-investor/bombardier-inc-to-get-1-billion-from-quebec-government-to-rescue-troubled-cseries〕 and took a $3.2 billion writedown on the CS series in the third quarter.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-to-decide-on-financial-assistance-for-bombardier/article27030710/〕 Bombardier also said it would cancel its Learjet 85 program, taking another US$1.2-billion writedown and cancelling the 64 outstanding orders.〔 Particularly because of the CSeries,〔http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN0SS1YQ20151103〕 the company's debt had reached approximately $9 Billion. Bombardier shares fell 17.4 per cent on that day, perhaps because the CSeries had not recorded a single firm order since September 2014.〔 As of 24 November 2015, the company had only 243 firm orders for the CSeries but the US $2.5 billion in cash infusion - $1 billion from the provincial government plus a $1.5 billion investment from the Caisse de depots et placement du Quebec - was keeping Bombardier Inc. (the parent company) adequately funded and optimistic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bombardier Aerospace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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