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Bombardier Selects Fort Wayne for Next Service Center

Nearly 65,000-sq-ft center to be operational next year

New Bombardier Service Centre in Fort Wayne, Indiana — Bombardier's next location in Fort Wayne will be able to service the full company product line.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

October 8, 2025

Bombardier’s next major aircraft service center expansion will be in the U.S. Midwest with a 64,500-sq-ft facility planned for Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana, the company announced today. Anticipated to open in the second half of 2026, the center is the latest of a string of service center expansions the Montreal-headquartered business jet manufacturer has undertaken over the past decade.

In August, Bombardier announced it was planning a multi-phase, multi-site expansion, but did not at the time detail specifics of those ambitions, only saying projects would roll out in the coming years. Today’s reveal “kicks off Bombardier’s previously announced multi-phase, large-scale U.S. expansion initiative,” the company noted.

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