Bombardier Aéronautique inaugure un nouveau bureau à Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINE--(Marketwire - 10 avril 2012) - Bombardier Aéronautique a
célébré aujourd'hui une étape importante dans le soutien de ses activités de
croissance en Chine avec l'inauguration d'un nouveau bureau à Shanghai. Les
participants à la cérémonie d'inauguration comprenaient Guy C. Hachey, président
et chef de l'exploitation, Bombardier Aéronautique; Jianwei Zhang, président,
Bombardier Chine; Albert K. Li, directeur général et chef de Bombardier
Aéronautique, Chine; et Andy Solem, vice-président, Ventes, Chine et Asie du
Nord, Bombardier Avions commerciaux. De nombreux hauts dirigeants de Bombardier
Aéronautique et des membres de la presse étaient également présents.


In addition to being the primary location for Mssrs. Li and Solem, the Shanghai
office is home to the Bombardier Commercial Aircraft teams working with the
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC), Bombardier Aerospace's
Supply Chain organization in China, and is the headquarters for the Bombardier
Commercial Aircraft sales and marketing team for China and North Asia. The
Shanghai Regional Support Office team, supporting Q-Series and CRJ aircraft
operators, will also be based at this new office and will expand to include
support personnel for Bombardier's Learjet, Challenger and Global business jet
operators.

"China is a critically important region for Bombardier Aerospace, and the
inauguration of our new office in Shanghai further testifies to our long-term
commitment to the Chinese aviation industry," said Mr. Hachey. "Bombardier's
portfolio of industry-leading products is very well-positioned to meet the
growing needs of China's commercial aircraft operators, and the newly
inaugurated Shanghai office will be key to continue building lasting
relationships with our stakeholders and customers in China."

"We have taken concrete steps to expand our global presence to provide
regionalized support for our customers worldwide," added Mr. Hachey. "This new
office in Shanghai reinforces our commitment to providing a superior level of
service to our operators in the region."

Bombardier Aerospace's newly inaugurated office in Shanghai adds to its existing
presence in China, which includes a Bombardier Business Aircraft sales team,
based in Beijing, under the leadership of Michael Han, Regional Vice President,
Sales, China, and a Bombardier Commercial Aircraft team, based in Shenyang,
dedicated to the CSeries and Q400 NextGen aircraft programs. Bombardier has also
established parts depots in Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as a Regional Support
Office in Hong Kong.

In recent months, Bombardier Aerospace has made a series of announcements
concerning the Chinese aviation industry, including the signing of a definitive
agreement with COMAC to establish commonalities between C919 and CSeries
aircraft on March 21. In February 2012, Bombardier Aerospace and AVIC
International Leasing Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for
an expanding co-operation to support the financing of commercial aircraft sales
in China and globally, and Bombardier Aerospace also identified China Express
Airlines as the previously undisclosed customer that placed a conditional order
for six (6) CRJ900 NextGen aircraft with options on an additional five (5)
CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.

Bombardier predicts a demand for almost 2,400 commercial aircraft in the 60- to
149-seat segment in China over the next 20 years, making China the world's
second largest market for new aircraft deliveries, following closely behind the
United States. Over the same period, Bombardier's latest market forecast for the
business aviation industry predicts a total of 2,360 business jet deliveries
destined for China. More than 95 Bombardier-produced aircraft, including CRJ and
Q-Series commercial aircraft, as well as Learjet, Challenger and Global business
jets, are currently operating in Greater China.

About Bombardier

A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from
commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems
and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada.
Its revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, were $18.3 billion,
and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is
listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North
America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com or
follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.

Notes to editors

Photos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be available later today in the
press releases section at: www.bombardier.com.

Follow @Bombardier_Aero on Twitter to receive the latest news and updates from
Bombardier Aerospace.

Bombardier, Challenger, CRJ, CRJ900, CSeries, Global, Learjet, NextGen, Q400 and
Q-Series are trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.

C919 is a registered trademark of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.

Contacts:
Haley Dunne
Bombardier Aerospace
+1-514-855-7989
www.bombardier.com

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