AER 318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Deutsche Bahn, Bombardier Transportation, Bombardier Cseries
19 Oct 2017
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A small consolation for aviation buffs, at least is that the. Cseries wasn"t the sole catalyst for bombardier"s bad year. The transportation business, which people haven"t paid very much attention to, is half the company. And it definitely has had some problems, tyerman said. In the age of aerospace, bombardier"s rail-bound origins are easy to overlook. But trains remain the company"s bread and butter. Anywhere in the world, if it runs on rails, bombardier probably builds it. In 2010, bombardier transportation (the division responsible for rail) brought in billion half the company"s revenue for that year. So it"s a big deal when those trains run into problems. European rail operators contributed to the company"s q3 earnings miss. Deutsche bahn, which sued bombardier over alleged mechanical issues on commuter trains: things like doors not opening and closing properly, toilets not working, tyerman said.
