Bombardier Aerospace
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| Bombardier, Inc. | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Predecessor | Canadair |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | 400 Côte-Vertu Road West, Dorval, Quebec, Canada H4S 1Y9 |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Aircraft, Business Aircraft |
| Revenue | US$11.2 billion (2015) |
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Number of employees
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25,550, at year end 2015 |
| Parent | Bombardier Inc. |
| Divisions | Bombardier Business Aircraft |
| Website | http://www.bombardier.com/en |
Bombardier Aerospace (French: 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, having delivered "more than 2,450 commercial aircraft and over 3,400 business aircraft worldwide." It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.
After acquiring Canadair in 1986 and restoring it to profitability, in 1989 Bombardier acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was followed in 1990 by the acquisition of the bankrupt American company Learjet, a manufacturer of business jets headquartered in Wichita, Kansas; and finally the money-losing Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.
The aerospace company now accounts for over half of Bombardier Inc.'s revenue. In 2015 and 2016, the most popular aircraft included its Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners although the company was devoting most of its Research and Development budget to the newer CSeries. It also manufactured the Bombardier 415 amphibious water-bomber (in Dorval and North Bay),; and the Global Express and the Challenger lines of business jets.
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