Bombardier Aerospace saw sales increase by around 15%for the 1997/8 year to January, to reach C$4.6 billion ($3.2 billion). Aerospace accounted for more than half the Canadian's group's C$8.5 billion sales and a large slice of its C$420 million profit.
Source: Flight International
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