Bombardier Transportation has signed an 8-year contract with the City and County of San Francisco to operate and maintain the Automated People Mover (APM) system at San Francisco (SFO) International Airport.

Bombardier Inc.'s financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2008, will be released Thursday, December 4, 2008.

Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma Sdn Bhd have signed a contract with Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB) to expand the existing Bombardier-supplied automated people mover system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Malaysia.

Bombardier Transportation is the 2008 Company of the Year in the global rail market according to Frost & Sullivan, world leader in growth consulting. Frost and Sullivan presented the award to Bombardier at its annual ceremony in London on November 20.

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Ethiopian Airlines has signed a contract to purchase eight Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners, and has taken options on four additional Q400 NextGen aircraft. Including this transaction, the Dash 8/Q-Series aircraft program has recorded firm orders for a total of 1,001 aircraft.

Bombardier announced today that Ms. Jane F. Garvey is stepping down as Board member, effective today. Ms. Garvey has accepted to serve on the transition team of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Siemens to assemble an important part of Siemens' "Desiro ML" multiple-unit trains to be used by the Brussels Regional Railway Network "RER" (Réseau Express Régional).

Today, the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transportation issued a statement regarding the accident on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, that involved a Learjet 45 business jet aircraft operated by the Centro de Servicios de Aviación Ejecutiva.

Bombardier was honoured with a Grand Award, and first place honours at the 29th Annual American Public Transportation Association (APTA) AdWheel Awards for "The Streetcar Redefined" campaign in the campaign category, Business Members Division, and Public Relations/Awareness or Educational Campaign Subcategory, Business Members Division.

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 219 driverless BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA)