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Bombardier announces 2011 order and delivery totals

January 23, 2012

Bombardier Aerospace delivered 245 aircraft in the 11-month fiscal year which ended 31 December 2011, compared with 256 in the previous fiscal year (1 February 2010 to 31 January 2011).

For the 11-month period ended 31 December 2011, Bombardier received 249 aircraft orders, net of cancellations, compared with 201 orders, net of cancellations, for the previous fiscal year. The 11-month long FY2011 was implemented to enable Bombardier to switch its accounting to the calendar year instead of it running from 1 February to 31 January of the following year.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft fared less well than its Business Aircraft counterpart. In FY2011; 78 commercial aircraft were delivered (33 CRJs and 45 Q400s), compared with 97 (41 CRJs and 56 Q400s) in the previous fiscal year.

During the 11-month period to 31 Dcember 2011, the company received 54 net orders for commercial aircraft, compared with 93 in FY2010. CRJ orders dropped to four in FY2011 from 10 in the previous fiscal year. For the respective periods, Q400 orders fell to seven from 43, while CSeries orders in FY2011 totalled 43, compared with 40 in FY2010.

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