Bombardier has narrowed the first flight window for the delayed Learjet 85 programme to sometime before the end of 2013. Unlike its sister CSeries commercial jet programme, Bombardier has never specified a month or a quarter as the target date for the maiden flight of the midsize, all-composite business aircraft. Entry-into-service was originally scheduled for late 2013, but problems with composite manufacturing set the programme back six to nine months to the third quarter of 2014. Bombardier chief executive Pierre Beaudoin reaffirmed on a second-quarter earnings teleconference with analysts and journalists that the issues with building the composites in Queretaro, Mexico, are resolved.
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