TORONTO – ********** Aerospace is extending its relationship with Horizon Air Industries Inc. of Seattle after the ******* ordered one Q400 NextGen turboprop airliner, worth US$32.6 million, and signed a five-year heavy maintenance agreement.

********** (TSX:BBD.B) will oversee maintenance of the *******’s existing 52 Q400 aircraft at its facility in Tucson, Ariz, the company said in an announcement on Tuesday.

Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, already has an agreement with ********** for the option of another seven Q400 NextGen aircraft.

“We’re thrilled that Horizon Air, a well-regarded regional ******* and our long-term customer of almost 30 years, continues to look to ********** for its regional aircraft solutions,” said Mike Arcamone, president of **********’s commercial aircraft division.

With the Farnborough International Airshow underway in *******, manufacturers are announcing pacts alongside many of the *****’s airlines.

Since last week, ********** has unveiled 24 new orders for its new CSeries jets valued at more than US$1.5 billion, though the aircraft is grounded because of an engine ******* and test flights have been halted.

**********, Canada’s largest aerospace company and one of the *****’s top producers of aircraft for commercial airlines and the business sector.