Bombardier Aerospace is cutting 1,700 jobs in North America

Bombardier Aerospace is cutting 1,700 jobs in North America, according to Canadian press reports. More than 1,000 jobs will be eliminated in Quebec, Canada, with an additional 600 in the United States.

 

CTV Montreal reports that Bombardier eliminated 300 positions in December, and the remaining employees will be notified in the weeks to come.

 

 

Haley Dunne, spokesperson for Bombardier Aerospace in Canada, said the company has several hundred job openings in the development side of its business.

 

"What we are doing of course is looking at the positions we've cut, looking at the affected employees, and seeing if their profiles match the open positions. So the 1,100 number can come down," Dunne said.

 

In a press release dated Jan. 20, 2014, Bombardier Aerospace officials announced that the company had delivered 238 aircraft during 2013, compared to 233 aircraft deliveries in the previous calendar year ended Dec. 31, 2012. The company also received orders for 388 aircraft, net of cancellations, compared to 481 orders, net of cancellations, for the previous year.

 

“The global economy has remained persistently sluggish, and with its recovery taking longer than originally anticipated, 2013 continued to be a challenging year for aviation,” said Guy Hachey, president and COO, Bombardier Aerospace. “Despite this difficult environment, we put in a solid performance overall. We had a successful order intake that included firm orders from a broad base of customers located in both traditional and emerging markets. A few of these included Flexjet LLC, VistaJet, American Airlines, the Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) of Russia, and Iraqi Airways.”

 

 

In 2013, Bombardier delivered 55 commercial aircraft, compared to 50 for the previous calendar year ended Dec. 31, 2012. The 2013 deliveries were in line with guidance. During this same period, the company received 81 net orders for commercial aircraft, compared to 138 for the previous year.

 

Earlier in January, Bombardier confirmed delays in its CSeries aircraft program. The 100-149-passenger CS100 aircraft’s entry-into-service is now scheduled for the second half of 2015 and will be followed by the CS300 aircraft’s entry-into-service approximately 6 months afterwards.