TORONTO — Canada’s Bombardier has signed a preliminary agreement with a Russian state corporation for the purchase of as many as 100 Q400 NextGen aircraft in a deal that could be worth up to $3.39 billion.
Bombardier says the manufacturing facility in Russia is a key commercial requirement for the deal and would be managed by a joint venture.
The sales agreement is expected to be finalized in 2014.
There are currently more than 120 Bombardier commercial aircraft in service in Russia and other former Soviet republics.
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