Citing a decline in demand for its Learjet and Challenger business aircraft, the company said the cuts represent 10 percent of its global workforce, CTV News reported.
The cuts will affect 1,505 unionized and non-union workers in Canada, 975 jobs in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 470 jobs in the United States and 50 jobs in Mexico, the company said.
"Bombardier Aerospace is revising downward all of its business and regional jets production rates and implementing measures to meet the continuing challenges facing the aviation industry," the release said.
Two months ago, the company cut 1,360 jobs, CTV said.
Despite the layoff announcement, Bombardier Chief Executive Officer Pierre
Beaudoin said in the release the company was in good financial shape.
"During the past year, we more than held our own as the world's financial markets tumbled and the global economy weakened," Beaudoin wrote. "In fact, we reached a milestone with net income rising to $1 billion for the first time in our history."
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