Aircraft
Learjet 85 work under way at Bombardier’s Mexico site
Bombardier is banking the future of the Learjet brand on its new, all-composite Model 85.

Bombardier is banking the future of the Learjet brand on its new, all-composite Model 85. And in doing so, it has placed a good portion of its chips on a new facility in Santiago de Querétaro, México, where it has reserved some four million square feet at the international airport where the Canadian company plans to build all the primary aircraft structure and wiring harnesses.

Querétaro International Airport itself is only five years old. It is served by Aeroméxico, Continental Airlines and MéxicanaLink, and the 11,483- by 148-ft runway is capable of handling aircraft as large as the Airbus A380. Located about 150 miles northwest of México City, the airport is the hub of a major industry and technology boom, and other major manufacturers, such as Safran Group, have already moved into new facilities there.