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Aviation News Item: 01499
26th Nov 2009
Bombardier Announces More Layoffs as It Adjusts CRJ Production Rate
Source: fly-corporate.com
 Bombardier confirmed today that the current economic and airline industry environments continue to make it difficult to gain new aircraft orders, particularly for the CRJ aircraft family. Consequently, as Bombardier had previously indicated, it will reduce its CRJ aircraft production rate.
The adjustment to the CRJ aircraft production rate will result in the layoff of approximately 715 employees in Bombardier Aerospace's facilities in the Montréal area, starting January 2010 through to the first two quarters of the next fiscal year. The adjustment to the workforce level also includes a small number of layoffs related to the decrease in the Bombardier 415 amphibious aircraft production rate. This is the manufacturer's third round of layoffs following announcements on Feb 5th and April 2nd primarily driven by conditions within the business aviation market segment. The combined three announcements total approximately 5,075 layoffs.
"We continue to invest in current and in future products, including the CRJ1000 NextGen, Learjet 85 and CSeries aircraft programmes," stated Guy C. Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace.
With investments in new aircraft programmes continuing, Bombardier is currently recruiting for more than 500 positions for these programmes in the fields of production support and engineering.
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