Aircraft
Bombardier Steps Up Global Jet Family Deliveries
While deliveries overall remained flat, Bombardier delivered seven more Globals and is seeing orders improve across its Challenger and Global lines.
Bombardier delivered 16 Globals in all in the first quarter, marking a seven-aircraft jump from the year earlier. This included five additional Global 5500/6500 twinjets handed over in the first quarter for a total of eight. (Photo: Bombardier)
Bombardier delivered 16 Globals in all in the first quarter, marking a seven-aircraft jump from the year earlier. This included five additional Global 5500/6500 twinjets handed over in the first quarter for a total of eight. (Photo: Bombardier)

While Bombardier’s first-quarter deliveries remained flat year-over-year at 26 business jets, a shift in mix to far more of its large, ultra-long-range models, including eight Global 7500s, helped lead to an 18 percent increase in business jet revenues, the company reported Thursday morning. Release of these quarterly results marked the company's first earnings report as a pure-play business aviation organization.