BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE: Bombardier vende due velivoli Q400 NextGen a Porter

, 30/06/2009 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa - varie) TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 29 giugno 2009) - Bombardier Aerospace ha reso noto oggi che Porter Airlines di Toronto ha siglato un contratto di ordine fermo di due velivoli turboprop Q400 NextGen. Questa transazione è la conversione delle due ultime opzioni per 10 Q400 che erano state annunciate nel 2006. Sommandosi all'iniziale ordine fermo di 10 velivoli Q400, questa operazione porta a 20 il numero di ordini fermi di Porter.

Based on the list price for the Q400 aircraft, the order announced today is valued at approximately $54 million US.
Porter Airlines began operations from Toronto City Centre Airport on October 23, 2006, serving Ottawa with 10 daily flights. It has since added Montreal, Halifax, Quebec City, New York/Newark, Chicago/Midway and Thunder Bay to its route network, as well as a seasonal service to Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Porter just announced a new service to Boston beginning Sept. 14, and additional frequencies to Montreal and Ottawa.
"We felt from day one that the Bombardier Q400 turboprop was the ideal aircraft for the kind of service we envisaged from our Toronto City Centre Airport base of operations," said Robert Deluce, President and Chief Executive Officer, Porter Airlines. "The order for two Q400 NextGen aircraft announced today represents our continuing commitment to the aircraft."
"Porter Airlines' use of the Q400 aircraft precisely matches the operations for which it was designed," said Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. "It has the operating economics, speed and passenger comfort for high-frequency, short- to medium-haul inter-city operations."
The order announced today increases firm orders for Q400/Q400 NextGen aircraft to 357 aircraft, with 245 delivered as of April 30, 2009.

About Bombardier
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2009, were $19.7 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com
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Notes to Editors
Images of the Porter Airlines Q400 NextGen aircraft are available in the press releases section at: www.aero.bombardier.com

Contacts:
Bombardier Aerospace
John Arnone
416-375-3030
www.bombardier.com

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