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Bombardier Completes Acquisition of Berlin MRO Facility
By: Jerry Siebenmark
Caption: The Berlin service center has more than 160,000 sq ft of capacity and employs 240 people.
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Bombardier has completed the acquisition of issued and outstanding shares it didn’t own of Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services from Lufthansa Technik and ExecuJet Aviation Group, the Canadian airframer announced today. The deal, first announced in September, clears the way for Bombardier to operate a wholly-owned service center in Berlin and further expand its global MRO reach to nine company-owned service centers.

“We welcome the highly talented employees of the Berlin Service Centre to the Bombardier service network,” said Bombardier v-p of OEM parts and services Chris Debergh. “We value their expertise and customer focus—as part of the Bombardier team, they will continue to provide best-in-class aircraft maintenance services to our valued operators of Bombardier business aircraft.”

Located at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, the service center has been offering MRO services to Bombardier aircraft operators for 24 years. It has more than 160,000 sq ft of service capacity, employs 240 people, and supports Bombardier’s Learjet, Challenger, and Global lines. The facility also holds the distinction as the first service center in Europe to perform maintenance on Bombardier’s flagship Global 7500.