Bombardier and Comac Move to Next Phase of Partnership
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Mike Arcamone (left, foreground) and Comac vice president Wu Guanghui celebrate the signing of a new MOU between their companies marking the start of the next phase of their collaboration. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Mike Arcamone (left, foreground) and Comac vice president Wu Guanghui celebrate the signing of a new MOU between their companies marking the start of the next phase of their collaboration. (Photo: Bombardier)

Bombardier and China’s Comac announced last week at Airshow China in Zhuhai the successful conclusion of the first phase of their collaboration covering program commonalities between the Canadian company’s new CSeries airliner and the Comac C919 narrowbody. The companies in March officially entered the first phase of a “definitive agreement” under which they say they’ve “achieved mutually beneficial outcomes” in terms of product development and customer operating cost efficiencies for both airliners. A year earlier the sides signed a somewhat loosely defined framework agreement to build on the potential complementary nature of their products and respective expertise, including exploring collaboration in their marketing, customer relationship and support strategies.