Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bombardier Inc., stung by accusations last week that its proposed new Toronto streetcar would derail, will defend the vehicle in a meeting today with transit agency managers, and is considering going over the heads of transit engineers to make its case to the nine city councillors that oversee them.
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
I have long denounced Bombardier's never ending subsidies. Once again Bombardier will get $467 million in "repayable loans" and other subsidies. Let Bombardier raise or fall on its own, this corporate welfare must stop. Lower corporate taxes for all businesses and let the market decide. Professor William Watson explores this corporate welfare. What do Quebec and Canadian taxpayers get for their $467...
Market Wire - Sports (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
VALCOURT, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) After winning two red dot awards in June, BRP wins a product design award for its Can-Am(TM) Spyder(R) roadster at the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) in Phoenix, Arizona.
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
FP Trading Desk submits: The 20% tumble in the share price of Bombardier Inc. (BDRAF.PK) since the beginning of June has presented an attractive entry point for investors, according to Cameron Doerksen, Versant Partners analyst. With shares in the company closing Monday at C$6.93 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, there is a potential 31% upside to his target price of C$9, with several drivers making...
The engineer (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Bombardier Transportation and consortium partner Talgo have been awarded a 14-year contract with RENFE, Spain’s national rail operator for the maintenance of 45 AVE S-130 high-speed trains.
HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I saw one of these today. Also made in Quebec (Bombardier):
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recommended on Monday that Bombardier Inc revise the reference book for its Challenger 600 airplanes to include more detailed instructions for takeoff.
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In this week's column, Pierre Lemieux uses the example of government subsidies to Bombardier to illustrate what I think is one of the best arguments in favor of limited government. The argument is basically this: politicians care about getting reelected....
The engineer (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Parker Aerospace has been selected as the exclusive supplier for a fly-by-wire flight control system for all new Bombardier Aerospace widebody aircraft programmes.
Arik's blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Parker wins .5 billion contract with Bombardier The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - Jul 18, 2008 A contract to develop and manufacture sophisticated flight control systems for a new Canadian wide-bodied aircraft could earn Parker Hannifin Corp. ...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Bombardier Aerospace will produce its new jets in Canada rather than in Missouri. For Bombardier’s shareholders, this location decision rests on where the directors believe its share prices will be highest.
Armies of Liberation (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Flight Global Yemen’s Felix Airways has ordered eight Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft, powered by CF34-8C engines. The engine order is valued at more than $90 million and delivery will begin in September 2008. Felix Airways is a new private airline based in Yemen and will operate domestic routes previously served by Yemen Airways together with additional [...]
The Cranky Flier (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Bombardier Kicks Off Farnborough by Launching the C-Series Bombardier has talked about it for years, and now it’s official. The 110 to 130 seat C-Series has launched, and it’s promising massive fuel savings. ExpressJet Ending Branded Service with Full Planes ExpressJet may have announced the end of branded service, but those flights are flying full this summer, [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The Bombardier CSeries: Marketed as a "green jet" (image from Wikipedia ). Life hasn't been so easy for the airlines lately. As fuel prices reek havoc with the industry's bottom line, carriers have responded by dumping older, less efficient jets , lowering flying speeds and carrying less weight - not to mention
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
After a rebuke from Bombardier - the only major firm that bid on the TTC's massive streetcar contract - the transit agency's chairman yesterday backed away from his accusations that the Montreal-based giant knowingly submitted a vehicle it knew would derail on Toronto's tracks.
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legionofmarduk | 03/04/2008
Rino Canavese, president of Savona-Vado Port Authority signed the contract for the acquisition of two new Bombardier vehicles, built in the very Vado plant of the canadian railroad transportation giant. The two machines will be used to move loads within the Savona and Vado harbour area and they will contribute to speed up this job considerably...
legionofmarduk | 12/18/2007
Bombardier Transportation has just finished installing an automated shuttle train system in Beijing's international airport. The "Cx-100" system (pictured) already operational in several European, Asian and Canadian cities, will start moving people around in march 2008...
legionofmarduk | 11/15/2007
The Greater Toronto Transit, branch of the Ontario capital's Transit Authority charged with overseeing peripheral and extra-urban public transport has recently signed a deal requesting Bombardier Trasportation to provide operative services on 6 railroad lines, mainly employed by...
