About the company
Bombardier Aerospace is a division of Bombardier Inc. and is the third-largest airplane manufacturer in the world after Airbus and Boeing. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.
Bombardier Aerospace has manufacturing, engineering and services facilities in 25 countries.
Production facilities are located in Canada, the U.S.A, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and Mexico.
The main engineering building and assembly plant is at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport., Canada.
After acquiring Canadair (once part of Canadian Vickers and General Dynamics) in 1986 and restoring it to profitability, Bombardier in 1989 acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing company in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
This was followed in 1990 by the acquisition of the bankrupt Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of the Learjet business aircraft, and finally the money-losing Boeing subsidiary de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.
Bombardier Aerospace has manufacturing, engineering and services facilities in 25 countries.
Production facilities are located in Canada, the U.S.A, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and Mexico.
The main engineering building and assembly plant is at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport., Canada.
After acquiring Canadair (once part of Canadian Vickers and General Dynamics) in 1986 and restoring it to profitability, Bombardier in 1989 acquired the near-bankrupt Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing company in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
This was followed in 1990 by the acquisition of the bankrupt Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of the Learjet business aircraft, and finally the money-losing Boeing subsidiary de Havilland Aircraft of Canada based in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.
Building the aircraft
The Global Express can fly intercontinental ranges, New York to Tokyo for example, without refueling or between most two points in the world with just one stop.
Manufacturing the Bombardier is an example of international cooperation.
Canadair is the design leader and manufactures the nose.
Short Brothers of Belfast is responsible for the design and manufacture of the engine nacelles , horizontal stabilizers and forward fuselage.
De Havilland Canada builds the rear fuselage and vertical tail and carries out final assembly.
The major external supplier is Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries which builds the wing and centre fuselage sections.
The above information is based on Wikipedia articles