
Posted Feb 17, 2021 11:50 am MST
Final Up to date Feb 17, 2021 at 12:00 pm MST
TORONTO — De Havilland Plane of Canada Ltd. says it won’t produce new Sprint 8-400 plane at its Downsview web site past at the moment confirmed orders.
The corporate says roughly 500 staff shall be affected by the indefinite manufacturing pause.
De Havilland Canada says its goal is to renew new plane supply on the earliest attainable time, topic to market demand.
De Havilland Canada is owned by Longview Aviation Capital, which purchased the Sprint 8 plane program from Bombardier in 2019.
The Downsview manufacturing web site in Toronto was offered by the earlier proprietor Bombardier in 2018.
De Havilland Canada has begun getting ready to go away the positioning over the latter a part of the yr and says there are a selection of choices in Canada.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Feb. 17, 2021.
The Canadian Press
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