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CS100 earns steep approach approval at London City

Swiss is cleared to operate a steep approach into London City airport with Bombardier CS100 jets after the manufacturer received Transport Canada and European Aviation Safety Agency approvals on 26 April.

The CS100 will replace Swiss' fleet of BAE Systems 146 regional jets operating to London City from Geneva and Zurich, becoming one of the largest aircraft behind the Airbus A318 to operate in the heavily restricted approach path to the urban centre runway.

The London airport requires aircraft to descend at an approach angle of 5.5 degrees, or nearly twice as steep as a normal glideslope to land for a passenger-carrying transport.

Bombardier tweaked the CS100 flight controls, engine and de-icing system to enable the steep approach certification.

The first step requires the crew to select the London City approach option in the flight management system, says Chuck Ellis, Bombardier's chief test pilot. As the approach begins, the aircraft's fly-by-wire controls automatically raise a couple of the spoiler panels, increasing the drag.

The engine is commanded to run a lower idle setting than normal during the approach. Finally, the environmental control system is programmed to deliver more bleed-air from the engine to the de-icing system on the leading edge of the wings, Ellis says.

Aural and visual alerts on the head-up and flight displays also help the aircrew navigate the steep approach in any weather, he says.
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Boeing ha firmato una petizione contro Bombardier accusandoli di fare "dumping" per guadagnarsi market share negli Stati Uniti e vendendo i CSeries in perdita a meno di $20M l'uno quando solo i costi di produzione sarebbero gia quasi il doppio ($33M).

Boeing petition accuses Bombardier of dumping jets

Boeing has filed a legal petition in the United States accusing Bombardier of dumping Cseries aircraft, alleging that the Canadian firm has sold the jet at major loss to build market share.

The petition was filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission, says Boeing in a statement.
“Bombardier has embarked on an aggressive campaign to sell CSeries aircraft into the U.S. market at absurdly low prices – less than $20 million for airplanes that cost $33 million to produce, based on publicly available information," says Boeing.

"Notably, it is selling the aircraft into the United States at prices that are millions lower than those charged in Canada – the very definition of dumping."
It maintains that this represents a threat to Boeing and its supply chain, especially as the Canadian firm boosts production.

“Substantial government subsidies have enabled Bombardier’s predatory pricing of the CSeries, which competes directly with American-made 737-700 and 737 MAX 7 airplanes," says Boeing.

"The CSeries has received extensive government support totaling more than $3 billion so far. Bombardier launched the program in 2005 with hundreds of millions of dollars from the Canadian, Quebec and UK governments, and it has received additional government support every step of the way, including $2.5 billion in 2015 from the Government of Quebec."

Bombardier was quick to issue a statement defending itself, and highlighting its credentials in the U.S. economy.
"Bombardier structures its commercial dealings to ensure compliance with the laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which we operate, including those issues raised by Boeing," says the Canadian company.

"Bombardier is deeply invested in the U.S. economy, with about 7,000 employees in dozens of facilities in both rail and aerospace across 17 states. Bombardier spends about $3 billion annually with U.S. suppliers across 48 states, generating U.S. jobs."

Boeing's petition follows Brazil's move in late 2016 to open a World Trade Organisation case against Canada over claims of improper financial assistance to Bombardier.

Brazil’s appeal to the WTO came 20 years after Canada launched a trade war with Brazil over subsidies to Embraer. Brazil counter-sued over subsidies by Canada to Bombardier and the case dragged on for five years. Ultimately, the WTO found that both companies had received improper subsidies.
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Global 7000 jet’s wing supplier contemplates insolvency

By Jerry Siebenmark*jsiebenmark@ wichitaeagle.com*

The supplier of the wing to Bombardier Business Aircraft’s new Global 7000 business jet is thinking about insolvency, which could be a setback for the parent of Wichita’s Learjet.
On Friday, Pennsylvania-based Triumph Group filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an amended credit agreement that “also provides the Company’s Vought Aircraft Division … with the option, if necessary, to commence voluntary insolvency proceedings within 90 days of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date,” Triumph said in the filing.
In Wichita, Triumph employs 225 people. Triumph also has a 115-employee operation in Wellington and a 120-employee operation in Edgerton, in the Kansas City metro area.
According to the company’s website, its Vought division facilities are in California, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
A Triumph Group spokeswoman on Monday emphasized that voluntary insolvency is one option for Vought.
“It is important to understand that this is just one of several possibilities under consideration and no decisions have been made at this time,” Michele Long, Triumph Groupdirector of corporate communications, said in an e-mail to The Eagle.
According to the filing, the amended credit agreement separates the Vought division – also known as Triumph Aerostructures LLC – from being a “Subsidiary Co-Borrower” to Triumph. In other words, it wouldn’t have access to the loans Triumph Group receives.
Triumph said in the filing the move is intended to “provide the Vought entities with greater financial flexibility to address their significant cash utilization relative to certain contracts.”
Triumph Group has been struggling with costs and cash flow and, for more than a year, has undergone restructuring to get them under control.
‘Negotiating tactic?’
On Monday, analysts said in notes to investors that they think higher costs to manufacture the Global 7000 wing are partly the reason for the changes to Triumph’s credit agreement.
Seth Seifman of J.P. Morgan noted the lawsuit Triumph brought against Bombardier early this year for failing to pay “certain non-recurring expenses” during the Global 7000’s development. He estimated Triumph’s spending on development of the 7000’s wing so far at about $600 million.
“We believe TGI needs a settlement with Bombardier that recognizes the higher recurring cost of the wing so that Triumph has the potential to earn an acceptable return on the program from here,” Seifman wrote in an investor note on Monday.
“Triumph’s contemplation of insolvency in Aerostructures may therefore be a negotiating tactic on some level but it is not one that we believe management would undertake lightly or wholly unnecessarily.”
Bombardier has two Global 7000s in flight test in Wichita. It plans to begin deliveries of them in 2018.
It is one of two key aircraft programs for the company – the other being its C Series commercial passenger jet – that has struggled with its own cash flow problems in the recent past. The Global 7000 is Bombardier’s biggest and longest-range business jet.
Business aviation forecaster Rolland Vincent said it’s not just Bombardier that stands to be affected should Vought become insolvent. It also is a supplier to other aircraft manufacturers including Boeing and Gulfstream.
“(It’s) not completely unexpected as this part of Triumph’s business has been struggling to ‘right the ship’ and get back to stronger profitability,” Vincent said. “They have had several underperforming contracts.”
But Vincent said the suggestion of insolvency is likely more than “simply a strong-armed negotiating tactic by Triumph with regards to Bombardier.”
“They need relief, especially on the Bombardier Global 7000 program, both for now sunk costs and on the recurring costs of the contract going forward,” he said.
“This will drag on for quite some time … (and) does nothing to reassure existing and prospective customers that the Global 7000 program will remain on track for late 2018 entry-in-service.”
A Bombardier Business Aircraft spokesman said the company continues to negotiate with Triumph.

http://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article149255024.html
 
Entusiasmo a manetta in Swiss per questo aereo...

Encore retardée, la livraison du CS300 de Bombardier coûte cher à Swiss

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"Difficile de donner un chiffre, mais on n'a pas fait les économies qu'on souhaitait faire, sur le carburant principalement", a déclaré lundi à TTC Lorenzo Stoll, directeur de Swiss Suisse romande.
En cause, un retard cumulé de 2 ans sur la livraison de 30 nouveaux modèles du constructeur canadien Bombardier, à savoir vingt CS300 de 145 places et dix CS100 de 125 places.
Ces avions permettent de diminuer de 25% la consommation de kérosène, de 20% le rejet de CO2 et de réduire le bruit de 10 à 15 décibels. Avec d'autres baisses de taxes, Swiss compte économiser au total 20% des coûts.
L'assemblage de la cabine en cause
Si sept CS100 ont déjà pu être livrés, le premier CS300 n'arrivera que le mois prochain, alors qu'il aurait dû atterrir à Genève cette semaine.
"L'essentiel du retard provient de l'assemblage de la cabine, nouvelle par rapport au CS100. Il faut s'assurer que ça s'assemble correctement", explique Sébastien Mullot, directeur des CSeries chez Bombardier.
Reportage: Aline Inhofer / Texte web: Victorien Kissling

https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/8604...u-cs300-de-bombardier-coute-cher-a-swiss.html
 
Global 7000 Execution, Triumph Resolution Key for Bombardier

AviationWeek.com
BY MICHAEL BRUNO
Posted: 05.11.17

Expansion in Bombardier’s business aircraft business and significantly improved year-over-year cash performance have the Canadian aircraft manufacturer starting off the year on a good note.

But analysts warn that execution on the Global 7000 and resolving supplier issues are key for its continued recovery.

Noting that 7000-wing-provider Triumph Group warned last week of possible insolvency at its Vought Aircraft aerostructures division, analysts highlighted possible risks May 11 after Bombardier reported financial results for the first quarter of 2017. With more than 115 orders into 2021, the Global 7000 is responsible for more than 50% of Bombardier’s $15.2 billion bizjet backlog.

“There are some questions surrounding the Global 7000 wing supplier, Triumph Group,” National Bank of Canada analysts said. The Triumph declaration introduces “some risk,” although Bombardier has the wings for the next two test aircraft and also for several early production planes.

Cowen and Co. analysts further said “it’s unclear if the ‘enhanced’ Triumph-produced wing is meeting all specs.” But Vought’s insolvency could impact achieving Global 7000 entry into service in the second half of 2018, and thereby 2018-19 cash flow, they said.

In a late May 5 filing with federal securities regulators, Triumph—which has been undergoing a hoped-for turnaround plan—said that as part of a new credit deal with funder PNC Bank there was an option to begin voluntary insolvency proceedings for its vaunted Vought entities. Proceedings could begin within 90 days of the May 1 credit deal, formally titled the Eighth Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The Triumph revelation was not the only proverbial cloud hanging over Bombardier’s quarterly report. Bombardier announced that Pierre Beaudoin will give up the role as executive chairman and become a non-executive chair. The move is effective June 30.

“This change reflects the very successful transition of Bombardier’s executive leadership to [CEO and President] Alain [Bellemare] over the past two years,” Beaudoin said. “As chairman, I look forward to working with the board of directors to provide continuing support to Alain and the leadership team. The company is firmly on the right path, with a very strong leadership team now in place to execute its turnaround plan and return Bombardier to long-term, sustainable growth.”

Beaudoin’s abdication came after a public uproar following controversial executive pay raises despite a government infusion of cash and job cuts at Bombardier in recent years. The former CEO is the son of Bombardier’s founder, and the Beaudoin family retained control of the company via a dual-class share structure. Still, many shareholder groups have been calling for an independent chairman, and it remains to be seen whether this moves satiates them.

Nevertheless, Bombardier’s latest financial results underpin the company’s restructuring, analysts and executives said. The company reported quarterly revenue of $3.6 billion and pretax earnings—before unique costs—of $128 million. Pretax profit margins excluding special items grew to 8% at the company’s Transportation unit, 7.6% at Business Aircraft and 7.5% at Aerostructures, while Commercial Aircraft recorded a pretax loss “in line” with the same period a year ago. Free cash flow usage improved by $157 million to $593 million for the quarter.

Said Cowen, “Another on-track quarter supports Bombardier’s potential for [pretax earnings] ramp by 2020 and speculative upside to the stock
 
U.S. to Investigate Bombardier C Series Sale to Delta Air Lines; Canada Warns It May Cancel US Jet Buy over Bombardier Probe
AINonline.com/The Associated Press
Posted: 05.18.17

The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it planned to launch new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into Bombardier's sale of 75 CS100 narrowbodies to Delta Air Lines. The announcement comes as the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) launches its own investigation into the matter in response to an April 27 complaint from Boeing that Bombardier sold each airplane for some $13.8 million than they cost to manufacture.

Also, Canada's government warned Thursday it could cancel a planned US$2 billion purchase of 18 Super Hornet fighter jets from Boeing Co. because of U.S. Department of Commerce anti-dumping investigations against Canadian plane maker Bombardier.

… The threat comes amid increasing trade disputes between Canada and the U.S. and on the same day the Trump administration formally told Congress that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. …
 
Bombardier Delivers the First CS300 Aircraft to C Series launch Operator SWISS

May 26, 2017MontréalCommercial Aircraft, Press Release


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  • SWISS becomes the first airline to integrate both C Series aircraft models to its fleet
  • CS300 aircraft to be operated from Geneva, Switzerland
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took delivery of its first CS300 aircraft at Bombardier’s facility in Mirabel, Canada, where the C Series aircraft are manufactured. When the aircraft enters commercial service in a few days, SWISS will become the first airline to operate both C Series aircraft models. SWISS will dedicate this new aircraft to the French-speaking part of Western Switzerland as the airline will operate this CS300 aircraft from Geneva.
“We are very proud to deliver SWISS’s first CS300 aircraft today. SWISS is known for its leading-edge technical and operational excellence and has been a wonderful partner for the C Series aircraft program. The SWISS family has been part of the C Series journey from the beginning and we thank the airline for its continuous support,” said Fred Cromer, President of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. “This new delivery is a demonstration of Bombardier’s commitment to deliver revolutionary and high-performing aircraft and help connecting communities with the best flying experience in the world!”
“The C Series aircraft program continues getting strong momentum with its successful entry into service with SWISS and today, the launch airline becomes the first one to take delivery of both the CS100 and the CS300 models,” said Rob Dewar, Vice President, C Series Aircraft Program, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. “The C Series airliners demonstrate robust in-service performance to date and we are confident that SWISS will also benefit from a smooth entry-into-service with the CS300 aircraft.”
“We are delighted that, having successfully integrated the first Bombardier CS100s into our fleet from mid-2016 onwards, we can now welcome our first CS300,” says Thomas Klühr, SWISS’s Chief Executive Officer. “With its 20 additional seats, this second model in the C Series family ideally complements our current aircraft fleet, and gives us an optimal equipment mix for our European short- and medium-haul services. Our first CS300 will be initially stationed in Geneva, where its superior comfort credentials will be excellently suited to this premium travel market,” Klühr continues. “In fact, our entire Geneva-based fleet will soon consist solely of Bombardier C Series aircraft.”
SWISS’ first CS300 aircraft is scheduled to enter service on June 1st, 2017 with its maiden commercial flight taking passengers from Geneva to Heathrow. SWISS will take delivery of a total of 30 CS100 and CS300 aircraft.
Twelve C Series aircraft have been delivered by Bombardier so far, nine of which have been delivered to SWISS. Three CS300 aircraft are currently in operations with airBaltic.
The C Series aircraft is manufactured by the C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the Bombardier Commercial Aircraft segment of Bombardier Inc.

http://commercialaircraft.bombardie...0526_swisscs3001stdelivery.bombardiercom.html
 
Pubblicati i risultati 2Q per il gruppo

Bombardier posts $296 million 2Q net loss

Bombardier reported a $296 million net loss for the 2017 second quarter, narrowed from the Canadian manufacturer’s $490 million net loss in 2Q 2016.
Bombardier’s consolidated revenue for the quarter totaled $4.1 billion, down 5% from $4.3 billion in the year-ago quarter. Bombardier said its revenue performance was mainly a result of production rate adjustments in the company’s aerospace segments “consistent with market demand” combined with modest growth in its transportation (mass transit) segment.
“We continue to make solid progress executing our five-year turnaround plan [through] improving our operating margins, transforming our operations and executing on our growth programs,” Bombardier president and CEO Alain Bellemare said, adding the company expects to meet its full-year guidance of EBIT before special items between $580 million and $630 million.
Bombardier’s commercial aircraft sector posted second-quarter revenue of $640 million, down 16.2% from $764 million in the year-ago quarter. Bombardier said the $124 million YOY revenue decrease was mainly attributable to “fewer deliveries of regional jets following the previously announced production rate adjustment, partially offset by higher CSeries aircraft deliveries.”
Bombardier booked firm orders for 12 commercial aircraft in the first quarter—all Q400 turboprops—plus letters of intent (LOIs) for up to 52 Q400s, including an LOI from Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet for up to 50 aircraft and an exercise of options by Philippine Airlines for seven aircraft. There were no new orders for Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft during the quarter.
In a statement, Bombardier said it disagreed with assertions in the petition filed in May by Boeing before the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and the US International Trade Commission regarding the “alleged threat caused by future exports of CSeries family aircraft to the US.” Bombardier said it is responding to the petition proceedings and expects DOC to issue its preliminary determinations on any applicable duties in fall 2017, with final DOC determinations expected during the first half of 2018.
The case stems from Boeing’s claim that Bombardier had offered the CSeries to Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines at an “absurdly low” $19.6 million per aircraft, well below what Boeing described as the aircraft’s production cost of $33.2 million. Delta placed a firm order for 75 CS100 aircraft in April 2016.
“Propelled by massive … illegal government subsidies, Bombardier Inc. has embarked on an aggressive campaign to dump its CSeries aircraft in the United States,” Boeing said in its petition. Bombardier rejected Boeing’s claims, saying the $19.6 million figure “is materially wrong; it is off by millions,” according to a Bombardier spokesperson.
The company delivered 20 commercial aircraft—six CSeries, seven CRJs and seven Q400s—during the quarter, bringing its year-to-date commercial aircraft delivery total to 28. Bombardier said the company is in line with its full-year delivery guidance for approximately 80 to 85 aircraft deliveries, including approximately 30 CSeries deliveries—which is at the low end of Bombardier’s delivery guidance range for the CSeries program. Nonetheless, the company said it is ramping-up production to support delivery of 30 CSeries aircraft by the end of the year, adding “CSeries aircraft deliveries are expected to gradually intensify in the second half of the year.”
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http://atwonline.com/manufacturers/bombardier-posts-296-million-2q-net-loss
 
L'impanicata Teresona ha chiamato Trump chiedendogli aiuto per provare ad evitare che la vertenza Boeing vs Bombardier possa avere ricadute occupazionali sulla sede Bombardier di Belfast.

May phones Trump as Boeing dispute threatens Bombardier

Prime Minister Theresa May has phoned US President Donald Trump over a threat to jobs at Bombardier in Belfast from a trade dispute.

In 2016, Canadian firm Bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 CSeries passenger jets to US airline Delta.
The wings for the C-Series are made at Bombardier's Belfast plant.
However, rival aircraft firm Boeing has complained to the US authorities that the deal was unfairly subsidised by the Canadian state.
Boeing has also complained about a UK government loan made to the Bombardier plant in Belfast.
The US Department of Commerce is due to make a ruling later this month.
It could hit Bombardier with punitive tariffs.
Tariffs could make it very difficult for Bombardier to find new C-Series customers in the US.
The C-Series project supports hundreds of jobs in Belfast.

Phone call to Trump

A spokesperson said the government "is working tirelessly to safeguard Bombardier's operations and its highly skilled workers in Belfast".
"Ministers across government have engaged swiftly and extensively with Boeing, Bombardier, the US and Canadian governments," they said.
"Our priority is to encourage Boeing to drop its case and seek a negotiated settlement with Bombardier."
The spokesperson said Mrs May raised the issue and her concern to protect jobs in Northern Ireland in a call with President Donald Trump last week.
They also said Business Secretary Greg Clark went to Chicago to meet Boeing's chairman, president and chief executive officer, Dennis Muilenburg.
Bombardier managers in Belfast are also understood to have recently briefed trade unions about the importance of the case.
Boeing has alleged that Bombardier engaged in "price dumping" by agreeing to sell 75 of their planes for almost $14m (£10.6m) below their cost price.
The company said it had appealed to the International Trade Commission "to restore a level playing field in the US single-aisle airplane market".
"Boeing had to take action as subsidised competition has hurt us now and will continue to hurt us for years to come, and we could not stand by given this clear case of illegal dumping," it said in a statement.
"Global trade only works if everyone plays by the same rules of the road, and that's a principle that ultimately creates the greatest value for Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and our aerospace industry."

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It also pointed out that the Delta deal came after the regional government in Quebec effectively bailed out the CSeries programme with a $1bn investment.
"Equity infusions from government coffers not only rescued the program but have given Bombardier the resources it needs to aggressively target the US market," it said.
Bombardier has described the allegations as "absurd" and said the government investments "comply with the laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where we do business". BBC News
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AZ209 ha detto:
L'impanicata Teresona ha chiamato Trump chiedendogli aiuto per provare ad evitare che la vertenza Boeing vs Bombardier possa avere ricadute occupazionali sulla sede Bombardier di Belfast.
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"La strizza di un eventuale referendum in Irlanda del Nord"
 
AZ209 ha detto:
L'impanicata Teresona ha chiamato Trump chiedendogli aiuto per provare ad evitare che la vertenza Boeing vs Bombardier possa avere ricadute occupazionali sulla sede Bombardier di Belfast.
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Casa ha detto:
"La strizza di un eventuale referendum in Irlanda del Nord"
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Teresona ha fatto cilecca. Trump non se l'e' filata di striscio:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-41397181

Ora vedremo come reagira' il DUP. Del resto questo governo in UK e' veramente imbarazzante sotto tutti i punti di vista.
 
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belumosi ha detto:
Ennesimo tentativo di affondare il Cseries, che già ora può iniziare ad infastidire i piccoli 737-7 e 319, ma in una versione allungata CS-500, potrebbe seriamente fare male ai 738-8 e 320.
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Va bene tutto, però non si possono vendere aerei con l'85% di sconto e contemporaneamente ricevere un miliardo di dollari a trimestre di soldi pubblici.

Grande Trump in questo caso.
 
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