Tagged With "Quebec"

Another nail in the coffin for Bombardier ? 14 September 2015 Press Release In a much-anticipated ceremony today in Mobile, Alabama, Airbus inaugurated operations at its first ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility. The plant – which assembles the industry-leading family of A319s, A320s and A321s – is officially open for business, with a skilled team of more than 250 Airbus manufacturing employees now at work on the first U.S.-made Airbus aircraft.

A followup to this story, and some good news for Bombardier. It just received an order for 13 of the CS300 from a Latvian airline, to be delivered in the latter half of 2016. Testing on the CS100 is nearly complete and seems to be going well. Once this testing is complete, the "risky" part of development is done. That, of course, does not mean that a plane becomes a commercial success. More on this story at this link .

Bombardier has orders for 243 of its 603 C Series aircraft, which are facing significant delays after a 2013 maiden flight and cost overruns, with about Can$2 billion more than the Can$3.4 billion initially planned. The French-speaking province of Quebec announced a US$1 billion investment in Bombardier to help the fledgling jetliner program get off the ground after the Canadian company posted a US$4.9 billion third quarter loss. A commercial success will take years of Government funding.

I think the airlines themselves will want increased competition in plane manufacturing and will be willing to order if Bombardier can get the backing and is looking to get into commercial for the long term, China's making a go of plane manufacturing too and they have the backing.

Vivie shares a look at the fascinating life of the Huron-Wendat First Nation Reserve in Quebec

The tour was in French but they offer them in English too. This trip was with the high school band. We were in Quebec for an event and this tour was a surprise for them. Fun group, no discipline.

My wife taught elementary at an inner city school. I used to take a day off and join in, by taking all the disruptive students in my group away from the main group so she could concentrate on the students who were really interested in the historical education without having to discipline the "bad" kids. I actually looked forward to keeping the undisciplined darlings focused on the educational aspects or they got no lunch or treats at the snack shops.

Was the tour in French or English?

Gumbo was visiting a unique Heritage Village in Quebec, highlighting a less-known aspect of Quebec's history.

Stephanie is charmed by the city and province of Quebec!

Great blog! I love Quebec. I never tire of visiting.

I love Quebec. I have been there many many times as a kid and as an adult. You have captured the essence of that area. Great blog.