Bombardier plans to hire 800 people across America, with 500 positions being actively recruited and an additional 300 jobs to be created through footprint expansion projects.

Texas is planned to be the next pillar of expansion and will account for 150 of the 300 additional jobs. Hiring activities will further be spread across the company’s US home base in Kansas as well as in Indiana and Connecticut. Job creation in these states will be driven by infrastructure investments totalling an estimated $270 million in the first phase.

The expansion follows a year of pressure from US President Donald Trump. In January, he threatened a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian-made aircraft until Gulfstream jets were certified in Canada, which Transport Canada eventually did. In September, he said Bombardier should be barred from selling in the US unless it built its aircraft there, prompting Kansas lawmakers to defend the company’s 1,500 Wichita jobs. Trump dropped the threat in October.

Eric Martel, president and CEO, Bombardier, says: “Our American service network is a key pillar of Bombardier’s growth strategy. This new wave of expansion and hiring reflects our long-term confidence in this market and our employees in America.”

He adds: “Based on our constructive conversations with the U.S. administration, we see a bright path forward for our highly skilled aerospace workers as well as a positive environment for Bombardier to continue pursuing direct investments to grow our American footprint.”

In Wichita, Bombardier inaugurated its North American Learning Centre last week, one component of the company’s broader investment in the city.

Its latest US service facility, at Fort Wayne International Airport in Indiana, covers approximately 64,500sq ft and will accommodate up to six aircraft. It will offer scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, modifications, avionics installations and AOG support. Further footprint expansion projects will launch in Connecticut and in Dallas, Texas.

In 2025, Bombardier’s US activities supported 27,200 American jobs across its service and manufacturing facilities and within a broad supply chain, where the company spent $2.8 billion. Those jobs carried a seven-to-one ratio: for every one Bombardier job, activities support seven additional jobs across the economy through supplier purchases and household spending. Based on current hiring and expansion plans, the total number of jobs supported is projected to exceed 33,000.

Bombardier’s American workers are based at sites in Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, California, Washington D.C. and New Jersey, with its overall direct employment presence covering more than 20 states.