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Bombardier Delivers First CRJ1000s
Contingents from France’s Brit Air and Spain’s Air Nostrum joined Bombardier executives in Mirabel, Quebec, last month to mark the first deliveries of the

Contingents from France’s Brit Air and Spain’s Air Nostrum joined Bombardier executives in Mirabel, Quebec, last month to mark the first deliveries of the newly certified CRJ1000. Together accounting for roughly half of the remaining CRJ backlog, Brit Air and Air Nostrum have placed firm orders for 14 and 35 copies of the new 100-seat jet, respectively. Brit Air said it planned to place its first airplane into service on its Lyon-Rome route during the holiday season.

Any lingering frustration over delivery delays due to problems Bombardier experienced with the CRJ1000’s control-by-wire rudder system during certification testing appeared to have lifted by the time Brit Air CEO Marc Lamidey and Air Nostrum general manager Miguel Ángel Falcón arrived at the manufacturer’s Montreal-area facilities.