Aircraft
Airbus and Bombardier Finalize C Series Deal
Deal announced last October now ratified by the companies and the partnership will enter into effect on July 1
Under its new partnership with Bombardier, Airbus will build C Series jets at the same site in Mobile, Alabama, where it already assembles A320s for the U.S. market. (Photo: Airbus)
Under its new partnership with Bombardier, Airbus will build C Series jets at the same site in Mobile, Alabama, where it already assembles A320s for the U.S. market. (Photo: Airbus)

Airbus and Bombardier have finalized the C Series partnership agreement first announced on October 16 last year, the companies announced Friday. Although CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) already existed, Airbus’s “consolidation” of it will come into effect on July 1, 2018, when the European manufacturer takes a controlling stake.