Los Angeles, Calif.—John Travolta has signed up to promote Bombardiers Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets as a brand ambassador.

The worlds largest business aircraft manufacturer says the actor and producer recently added a pre-owned Challenger 601 aircraft to the 11 different jets hes qualified to fly.

The Oscar-nominated actor also owns a Learjet 24 and previously owned a small Canadair De Havilland plane.

Travolta, 57, has starred in movies such as Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978) and Urban Cowboy (1980).

The other brand ambassadors for Bombardier include classical pianist Lang Lang, conductor Valerie Gergiev and former astronaut Eugene Cernan.

Travolta also promotes Australias Qantas Airlines and Breitling watches.

Bombardier spokeswoman Danielle Boudreau declined to provide financial terms of Travoltas contract, but said he is familiar with the companys offering.

He has been in Montreal to visit our manufacturing facilities and meet with some of our employees and hopefully he will be coming back soon, she said from Los Angeles.

Bombardier sells 11 models of business aircraft and has nine facilities around the world providing pilot and technical training on its planes.

The leading manufacturer of business and commercial planes, along with railway cars had US$17.7 billion of revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31.

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