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In August 1983, Bombardier sold its shares to GAC, with the company renamed GAC Ireland Limited. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] The prototypes were devised in Germany and production of 51 express coaches (KE type) and 366 double-decker buses (KD type) were assembled between 1980 and 1983 at a facility in Shannon, County Clare .
Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. [2] Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CSeries (also known as the Airbus A220).
GAC Ireland was a bus and coach manufacturer based in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland. It traded from 1980 until 1986, and almost all the vehicles it built were for the Irish state-owned transport company Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) with the first delivery out of a 749 order in November 1980.
Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. [1]
De Havilland, The De Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd – United Kingdom, (1920–1958) (DH) > Hawker Siddeley; De Havilland Australia, The De Havilland Aircraft Company Pty Ltd – Australia, (DHA) > Boeing; De Havilland Canada, Bombardier Aerospace De Havilland – Canada, (1928–1989) (DHC) > Bombardier Aerospace
This is a list of aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/common name. It contains the ICAO/common name, manufacturer's name(s), country and other data, with the known years of operation in parentheses.
Bristol, Bristol Aircraft Ltd – United Kingdom, (1910–1959) > British Aircraft Corporation; Bristol, The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd – United Kingdom; Bristol Helicopter, Bristol Helicopter Ltd. – United Kingdom, (1944–1969) > Westland Aircraft; British Aerospace, British Aerospace – United Kingdom, (1977–1999) (BAe) > BAE Systems
The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, long-range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation. Announced in October 1991, it first flew in October 1996, received its Canadian type certification in July 1998 and entered service in July 1999.