Bombardier lands regional jet orders from Lufthansa
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Germany's Lufthansa AG has converted options into a firm order for eight 86-seater CRJ900 next-generation regional jets
Canwest News Service · Friday, Jul. 2, 2010
MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. had some good news Friday for its Montreal-area regional jet plant.
Germany's Lufthansa AG has converted options into a firm order for eight 86-seater CRJ900 next-generation regional jets. The contract is worth $317 million US at list price.
“We’re pleased with the reliability, fuel efficiency and lower environmental footprint of the CRJ900s we already fly and have no hesitation about buying more,” Nico Buchholz, Lufthansa’s senior vice-president for corporate fleet, said in a statement.
Bombardier recently delivered its 100th regional jet to Lufthansa. Excluding the new firm order, Lufthansa’s orders total 109 for Bombardier regional jets, from 50-seaters to the 86-seater CRJ900s. Lufthansa also flies several Bombardier Q300 and Q400 turboprop airliners,
The order backlog for the CRJ family from the 70-seater CRJ700 to the 96-seater CRJ1000 now totals 112 (the 50-seater is no longer built).
Lufthansa is also one of the two launch customers for Bombardier’s 110- to 145-seater CSeries due to fly in 2013.
Bombardier Aerospace president Guy Hachey recently warned further layoffs were possible at the Mirabel, Que., regional jet plant because of slow orders, but some analysts predict the global airline industry is preparing a new wave of aircraft orders as the 2008-09 recession recedes.
A new plant at Mirabel will assemble the CSeries.
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