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They bought the Dash-8 program from Bombardier in 2019 so they’d be producing the q400 which is very widely used. Not sure if there are many orders right now but it’s definitely a very common aircraft.When was the last time anybody flew in a DeHavillend?” Can anyone name a model? I can’t….so meh….Wheatland County can have it……sounds like those 1500 jobs are a stretch at best…..will only take 15 years…..haha!
Agree that it would have been a great fit for Villeneuve. I'm surprised this is a Greenfield development and not out at Springbank honestly.It would be interesting to know whether Edmonton Global/EIA were in the hunt for this as well and how well we fared if we were (despite losing out).
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/de-havilland-airplane-manufacturing-calgary-1.6589863
It seems it would have been a pretty good "anchor" for Villeneuve and our diversification efforts.
You're late to the party.Dang.
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