Posted by John Keller

MONTREAL 20 Sept. 2011. Regional jet manufacturer Bombardier in Montreal will cut back production of its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) next year because of fewer orders than expected, company officials announced today. The company did not release specific numbers indicating the degree by which they will reduce CRJ production in 2012.

The CRJ is a family of regional jets seating from 60 to 99 passengers designed for relatively short-haul flights from hub airports. "The reduced pace of orders has made a review of our production plans necessary,” says Guy C. Hachey, president and chief operating officer of Bombardier Aerospace. No employee layoffs are expected.

Bombardier manufactures a variety of civil and commercial passenger jets and turboprops, ranging from four-passenger Learjets to 150-seat CSeries narrow-body jetliners. The company also manufactures twin-engine amphibious aircraft.

Bombardier executives say they expect to deliver about 90 CRJ aircraft this year, and will give their prediction for 2012 deliveries later. At the Paris Air Show in July Bombardier announced orders for 46 aircraft, which consisted of CSeries passenger jets and Global business jets. The company had no CRJ orders at Paris.

For more information contact Bombardier Aerospace online at www.bombardier.com.

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