The Last De Havilland Aircraft out of Downsview Airport
The final Bombardier/De Havilland Canada (DHC) plane has taken off from Downsview Airport (YZD), marking the end of an era.
Airports
Bombardier
History
5/27/1999: Maiden Flight of the CRJ700
- by Lee Cross
- May 27, 2022
- 1 minute read
This is the story of the 70-seat stretched version of the popular CRJ200 Bombardier aircraft.
Bombardier
Technology
This Is the World’s Fastest Passenger Jet
- by Siddharth Ganesh
- May 26, 2022
- 2 minutes read
Is this Bombardier’s masterpiece? Say hello to the fastest passenger jet since Concorde.
Special Flights
Traveler
Onboard the SWISS CSeries Inaugural Revenue Flight
- by Chris Sloan
- July 15, 2016
- 8 minutes read
PARIS — Today eight years after the program first launched, those onboard SWISS flight LX638 from Zurich to Paris Charles de Gaulle had the opportunity to be the first revenue passengers of the Bombardier CSeries CS100 — likely one of the two last all-new clean sheet aircraft to be designed and built in the west to enter service […]
Industry
Manufacturer
Inside Bombardier CSeries’ Final Assembly Line
- by Chris Sloan
- July 8, 2016
- 1 minute read
MONTREAL — Just after the first passenger flight of the CSeries in North America and before the handover of the first CS100 to launch customer SWISS, Airways was invited to a brief tour at the jetliner’s Final Assembly Line (FAL) located in Mirabel. Antonio Ficca, Manager, Product Marketing, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, took us along the […]
Industry
Manufacturer
Bombardier and SWISS: First CSeries Handover Ceremony, Live from Montréal
- by Chris Sloan
- June 30, 2016
- 4 minutes read
MONTRÉAL — Following the CSeries CS100 media flight held yesterday to mark the first delivery to launch customer SWISS, Bombardier held the handover event at the company’s premises in which an incredibly charged and excited crowd gathered to celebrate the milestone. Promptly after the Q&A session held next to Flight Test Vehicle Five (FTV-5), after […]
Industry
Manufacturer
Bombardier’s First CSeries Delivered to SWISS
- by Chris Sloan
- June 29, 2016
- 7 minutes read
MONTREAL — Bombardier has marked today a major milestone in the CSeries family aircraft program, with the handover to launch operator SWISS of the first of 30 airliners on order. The historic delivery took place in the premises of the manufacturer in Montreal, Canada, where both SWISS and Bombardier employees gathered with government representatives, suppliers […]
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A Big Day For The Bombardier CSeries
- by Chris Sloan
- June 4, 2013
- 1 minute read
MIAMI — With the 787 and A350 XWB gathering most of the aviation attention, Bombardier had a blockbuster day of its own on Tuesday June 4th. The Montreal Airframer announced orders for up to 42 CSeries CS300 from Russia’s Ilyushin FInance Company (32 firm and 10 options) and confirmed orders for up to 16 (10 […]