Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier rethinks the way it outfits aircraft
To demonstrate the feasibility of a major restructuring of its aircraft cabin-completion process, Bombardier recently delivered the first Challenger 604 to

To demonstrate the feasibility of a major restructuring of its aircraft cabin-completion process, Bombardier recently delivered the first Challenger 604 to be outfitted by the Canadian airframer in Montreal, where the airplane is built.

According to Brian Adams, v-p of completions in Montreal, Challenger 604 S/N 5569 rolled off the assembly line and into the completion center at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (formerly Dorval) in mid-September without engines and some of the high-end avionics. The idea, he explained, was to determine whether adding these high-priced items at a point during installation of the cabin interior, and delaying final flight tests until the airplane was totally outfitted, would result in a cost benefit by reducing inventory and the total cycle time.