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To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (707)	1/28/2000 11:04:00 AM
From: Jay Anderson	Respond to of 1177

BOMBARDIER PLACES FIRST Q300 WITH AUSTRALIA'S QANTAS AIRWAYS TORONTO, ONTARIO--Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Qantas Airways has placed a firm order for one 50-seat Q300* turboprop on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary Sunstate Airlines of Brisbane, Australia. The aircraft, the first 50-seat turboprop in Australian regional airline service, will enter revenue service in March 2000, joining the six 36-seat Dash 8(R) Series 100 and Q200* aircraft already in the Sunstate fleet. Sunstate will utilize its new aircraft between Cairns/Horn Island and Townsville/Cairns. "Our requirement for an increase in capacity is a result of growing demand for seats at peak times on the Cairns/Horn Island route," said Ashley Kilroy, general manager of Sunstate Airlines. "The new aircraft will also help us expand our operations around our route network by upgrading the Cairns/Hamilton Island service to daily as well as extending the existing Brisbane/Newcastle route on to Melbourne." With the inclusion of Melbourne, Sunstate's route network along Australia's east coast will be longer than the distance between Gander, Newfoundland, and London, England, and the longest turboprop route network in the world. Delivery of the Sunstate Q300 will increase to 37 the number of Q Series Dash 8 aircraft with Australian carriers. Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is the world's third largest civil aircraft manufacturer with operations in three countries. Leading the 20- to 70-passenger regional carrier market, Bombardier Aerospace offers complete families of turboprop and regional jet aircraft. It has the industry's widest range of business jets, offering both full and fractional ownership, and also produces firefighting/maritime mission aircraft. It provides technical services, aircraft maintenance and pilot training to business, regional airline and military customers. Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian corporation active in the fields of aerospace, rail transportation equipment, recreational products and financial services. It operates plants in 12 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, and more than 90 per cent of its revenues are generated outside Canada. Bombardier's revenues for its fiscal year ended January 31, 1999, totalled Cdn $11.5 billion. (R) Registered trademark of Bombardier Inc. * Trademarks of Bombardier Inc.