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rfmcdonaldFrom the Toronto Star's Ben Spurr:
From the Canadian Press, via MacLean's:
Rail manufacturer Bombardier has blown another deadline for the delivery of the first vehicle for Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT, but the company vows the latest delay won’t affect the opening of the $5.3-billion transit line.
Metrolinx, the regional transit agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, confirmed Wednesday that the Quebec-based manufacturer has yet to complete the test vehicle for the Crosstown. That means Bombardier has missed the end-of-August target date that the company said as recently as last month it was on track to meet.
“Bombardier was not able to deliver the pilot vehicle at the end of August. Metrolinx officials continue to work closely with Bombardier and track its progress,” said Anne Marie Aikins, a spokeswoman for Metrolinx, which is an agency of the provincial government.
“The latest information Bombardier has provided is that the prototype will be ready for testing within the next three to four weeks.”
According to Bombardier spokesman Marc-André Lefebvre, the pilot is in the “final phase of manufacturing” at the company’s Thunder Bay, Ont. plant.
From the Canadian Press, via MacLean's:
Bombardier is juggling challenges on two new fronts in Canada, temporarily suspending business jet production and falling behind in its delivery of a light rail transit prototype for Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown transit line.
The aerospace and railway manufacturer says it plans to place workers at its Global jet completion centre in Montreal on furlough for an unspecified amount of time next year.
“It’s a minor adjustment to our completion activities that will be deployed in 2017,” spokesman Mark Masluch said Thursday.
He said the change — which follows last year’s move to cut production of the Global 5000 and 6000 models from 80 to about 50 per year — will better manage costs and address ongoing sluggishness in the business jet market.
A company source who spoke on condition of anonymity because he’s not authorized to speak said Bombardier is seeking to suspend production for 20 days in addition to the usual two-week shutdown during summer.
