Bombardier said most of the reductions will come at its Tucson Completion Center, where 550 people will lose their jobs during the next 12 months. Another 250 will be laid off in Wichita over the next 90 days.
The latest cuts follow an announcement in September that 3,800 jobs would be cut worldwide, representing five per cent of its workforce.
The company said at the time that more layoffs were likely if significant improvements in the business aircraft market did not occur.
About 350 Bombardier workers in Wichita lost their jobs in that initial cutback. The Tucson, Ariz., facility had not been affected by the prior layoffs.
"We have been monitoring the marketplace and especially corporate profits because corporate profits tend to be a pretty good indicator of what we see" in orders for corporate jets, Bombardier spokesman David Franson said.
"Unfortunately, the business aircraft market has been slow to recover," Jim Ziegler, vice-president and general manager of Learjet Operations and Aircraft Completion Centers, said in a release.
