On November 17, Bombardier Aerospace announced progression in its CSeries aircraft program as construction got under way on its new state-of-the-art aircraft wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
“This is a significant milestone in the ongoing development of the CSeries aircraft program," said Guy Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer at Bombardier. "In August, the test fuselage barrel arrived ahead of schedule at our St-Laurent, Québec site, from China, and in September we celebrated the groundbreaking of our first CSeries aircraft manufacturing building in Mirabel, Québec. The CSeries aircraft program is progressing well and to schedule, and we look forward to receiving the first test wing from Belfast in 2011.”
The new 600,000 sq ft (55,742 sq m) factory is being built in two phases and will incorporate an existing production building.
Joining Michael Ryan, Vice President and General Manager, Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, to lay a special corner stone to mark the construction was Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster, along with guests including contractors.
“We are delighted to mark this major investment in a new facility for the production of advanced composite aircraft wings. We are currently testing and proving out the design, manufacturing and assembly processes. We are making excellent progress and are very pleased with the results so far,” explained Ryan.
Bombardier Belfast has successfully assembled a pre-production demonstrator wing using and is on track to begin testing this in early 2010. Testing will be undertaken in a specialized test rig where hydraulic jacks will be used to induce bending and twisting into the wing structure, replicating every possible combination of severe loading that the wing may experience in service.
Almost 400 engineering and support staff in Belfast are currently engaged in the research and development of the wings. Some 800 jobs will be generated during full production, as well as many more in the wider supply chain. In addition, around 450 construction personnel are involved in this first phase of the building project.
Since launching the CSeries family of aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2008, Bombardier has recorded firm orders for 50 CS100 and CS300 aircraft from Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lease Corporation International Group. The CSeries aircraft, which are optimized for the longer range, single-aisle 100- to 145-seat market, will, according to Bombardier, deliver the lowest operating costs in their class and produce low emissions.
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