Bombardier Aerospace Announces Additional Three-Aircraft
CRJ Order From Delta Connection
Farnborough Air Show 2002
Follow-on order brings option conversions to six firm aircraft
this year
FARNBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM--JULY 22, 2002 - 11:05 EDT
Bombardier Aerospace today confirmed
that Delta Connection carriers Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA)
and Comair have exercised options for a total of two Bombardier
CRJ200* and one 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700* regional jets.
The transaction, valued at approximately $73.24 million U.S.
($111.33 million Cdn.), brings to six the number of option
conversions Delta Connection has executed this year. Three firm
orders for Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft were previously announced on
May 14, 2002.
One Bombardier CRJ200 and the CRJ700 will be operated by ASA of
Atlanta while the other CRJ200 will be flown by Comair of
Cincinnati, both of which are Delta Connection carriers. All
three jets will be delivered in September 2003.
Delta Connection Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiaries, ASA and Comair,
have placed combined orders for 297 Bombardier CRJ* aircraft,
comprised of 239 CRJ100/200 and 58 CRJ700 aircraft, of which 201
have been delivered - 198 CRJ100/200 and three CRJ700 - making
Delta Connection the largest Bombardier CRJ fleet operator.
Delta Connection has more than 230 Bombardier CRJ Series regional
jets in service with wholly owned subsidiaries ASA and Comair, and
independent regional carrier SkyWest Airlines.
Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is a world leader
in the design, and manufacture of innovative aviation products and
services for the regional, business and amphibious aircraft
markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet(R) fractional
ownership, aircraft charter and management, technical services,
aircraft maintenance and pilot training for business, regional
airline and military customers.
Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company,
is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional
aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational
products. It also provides financial services and asset management
in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered
in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some
80,000 people in 24 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and
Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2002
stood at $21.6 billion Cdn. Bombardier trades on the Toronto,
Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).
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Note to Editors:
Images of the Bombardier CRJ200 and CRJ700 aircraft are available
on our Web site photo gallery at:
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