Bombardier Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Bombardier second quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Please be advised that this call is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the discussion over to Mr. Francis Richer de la Fleche, Vice President, FP&A, and Investor Relations for Bombardier. Please go ahead, Mr. Richer de la Fleche.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Bombardier's earnings call for the second quarter ended June 30th. I wish to remind you that during the course of this call, we may make projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the financial performance of the corporation. There are risks that actual events and results may differ materially from these statements. For additional information on forward-looking statements and underlying assumptions, please refer to the MD&A. I am making this cautionary statement on behalf of each speaker on this call. With me today is our President and Chief Executive Officer, Eric Martel, and our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Bart Demoski to review our operations and financial results for the second quarter of 2024. I would now like to turn over the discussion to Eric.

Alors, merci beaucoup Francis. Bonjour et bienvenue à toutes et à tous. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us today. I am speaking to you from London where Bombardier is wrapping up a successful and productive week at the Farnborough Airshow. For those who crossed us on the side, you probably saw that our presence was led by Bombardier Defence. It's shaping up to be a banner year for that team as we deepen relationships with governments and prime contractors in more geographies. Over the past few months, our ultra-dependable Challenger 650 aircraft was used for a winning campaign to deliver new border surveillance