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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Qazaq Air JSC of Kazakhstan has signed a firm purchase agreement for two new Q400 turboprops.
Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$66.8 million.
“We are delighted that Qazaq Air will continue to grow its fleet with the Q400 aircraft,” said Ryan DeBrusk, vice-president, Sales, Europe, Russia and CIS at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
“Since the inauguration of Qazaq Air services within Kazakhstan in 2015, the Q400 has continued to prove itself in their operations and we are excited by this further endorsement of the Q400s superior operating characteristics.”
“We are pleased with the agreements reached on the acquisition of these new aircraft with Bombardier, with whom we have been in partnership since we started the airline,” said Blair Treherne Pollock, CEO of Qazaq Air.
“It is thanks to the Q400 aircraft, which Qazaq Air has been operating successfully since 2015, that it is now possible for us to fly our passengers to 15 destinations in Kazakhstan.
To date, we have flown more than 420,000 passengers, having shown a 50 per cent increase in passenger traffic in 2017 compared to last year.
“Adding two new aircraft to our fleet will not only allow us to expand our route network inside the Republic of Kazakhstan, but also to start new flights beyond it, covering nearby cities in the Central Asian region.”
Bombardier appoints new director
Bombardier Inc. also announced the appointment of Diane Giard to its board of directors, effective Dec. 12, 2017.
Giard has been the executive vice-president, Personal-Commercial Banking and Marketing of National Bank of Canada, since March 2017. She joined National Bank of Canada in 2011 as executive vice-president, Marketing, and less than a year later became responsible for personal and commercial banking.
Giard has more than 30 years’ experience in the banking industry, including several years at Scotiabank, which she joined in 1982 and where she held various executive positions.
Giard is a member of the steering committee for Montréal, Cultural Metropolis and of HEC Montréal’s Conseil des gouverneurs.
Since 2015, she has also been involved with L’effet A, an innovative project that aims to spark ambition in women.
In 2008, Giard received the Prix Performance from UQAM’s School of Management in the Manager category. Giard has also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contribution to the community.
She has been ranked among the Top 25 of Quebec’s financial industry seven times, and was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 by the Women’s Executive Network in 2014 and 2015.
Giard has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Université de Montréal and an MBA from UQAM. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
