Aircraft
Bombardier Completes First Phase of Belfast Wing Facility
Bombardier has completed the first phase of construction of a 600,000-sq-ft wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast for the C Series airliner,

Bombardier has completed the first phase of construction of a 600,000-sq-ft wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast for the C Series airliner, the company announced today. Construction started roughly a year ago and finished on schedule.

The first phase of the new building incorporates a production area, a low-contamination “clean room” and an area for tool storage. The company has begun installing the equipment needed to produce the composite wings, including a fabric cutter, multiple-axis machine cell, pre-formers and an autoclave. It expects to start production early next year.