October 2007 — Bombardier officially announced the Learjet 85. Expand to read more Paul Bowen Now-canceled jet was once a source of local growth. Bombardier Inc. on Thursday put an end to its ...

Continuing the 45 year development of the famous aircraft platform, the next-generation Learjet will be the first Bombardier Aerospace jet to feature an all-composite structure .

Bombardier confirmed, as first reported in Flying, that the company’s next generation Learjet will be built entirely from composite plastics. The new Learjet 85 would be the first transport ...

Bombardier Aerospace today announced that the Learjet 85 aircraft successfully completed its first flight, achieving a major milestone in a business aircraft development program that will redefine ...

After facing several delays, Bombardier Aerospace’s Learjet 85 took off on Wednesday from Wichita Mid-Continent International Airport to successfully complete its first flight. The Learjet 85 ...

Bombardier’s Learjet 85 was to be the Canadian-based airplane maker’s biggest and longest-range Learjet in the brand’s 52-year history.

Calling foul on Bombardier Inc. for citing a weak market as the reason it’s pausing the Learjet 85 program, aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia says the real problems are internal.

Bombardier tumbled the most in at least 26 years after moving to cut about 1,000 jobs and book $1.4 billion in pretax fourth-quarter costs as it halts work on the Learjet 85 business aircraft. The ...

Learjet 85 programme director Larry Thimmesch says a revised mock-up, which will debut at the NBAA annual convention in Orlando next month, will include a hand tiller for steering. The tiller will ...

The Learjet 85 will be capable of cruising at about 600 mph and also have a longer range, enabling it to make transcontinental trips carrying up to four passengers, and up to eight passengers on ...

After about a four-month delay, Bombardier Aerospace test pilots for the first time on Wednesday took off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in a Learjet 85.

The all-new Learjet 85 is bigger, faster, and fancier than any of its predecessors, and the only way to fly on one is through Flexjet.