All Canada articles – Page 27
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News
787 'perfectly designed' for Air Canada: executive
Air Canada executives on 2 June praised the performance of its Boeing 787s, calling the type a perfect fit for the long-haul routes that compose the foundation of the Montreal-based airline's expansion plan.
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Opinion
OPINION: The trials and tribulations of Canada's procurement process
In a country as wild – and in parts inhospitable – as Canada, and with a coastline that stretches far up into the Arctic, a fleet of search and rescue aircraft as rugged as the landscape is vital.
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Embraer mulls Canada SAR bid with KC-390
An initial two firms – Alenia Aermacchi and Airbus Defence & Space – have confirmed their participation in Canada’s nascent fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) contest, but these could soon be joined by Brazil’s Embraer, after it indicated that was giving serious consideration to bidding.
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News
Simulator industry gets in training for aircraft ramp-up
Given the unprecedented wave of airliner orders of recent years, strong demand for simulators is unsurprising. CAE, which claims the top slot in civil simulation equipment sales, ended its financial year on 31 March having sold 41 full-flight simulators (FFS), the second-highest total ever, after 2013-14’s record 48. (The latest ...
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NewsEBACE: Niki Lauda in a hurry for his Global 7000
When Enzo Ferrari offered Niki Lauda the car in which he won his first Formula 1 championship in 1975, Lauda was thrilled...until he saw the version Ferrari had developed for the 1976 season.
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NewsTwo CSeries variants going to Paris, CS300 to join flying display
Bombardier confirms both CSeries variants will be featured in the static display at the Paris air show next month, while one of the aircraft – the first CS300 test vehicle – will participate in the flying display.
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NewsBombardier announces rate cut for Global 5000/6000
Aggressive pricing by competitors and weakening demand in emerging markets is driving Bombardier to slow deliveries of the Global 5000 and 6000 only two years after ramping up production to 80 aircraft year, company executies say.
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News
Bell wins Canadian coastguard contract for 412EPI
Canada has signed a firm order for seven 5.3t Bell Helicopter 412EPIs to be operated by its coastguard for maritime security and fisheries protection activities.
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OpinionOPINION: Bombardier is still in the game - just
With more bad news for Bombardier from one of its biggest CSeries customers, its new boss must install a team who can deliver the aircraft hitch free and compete much harder for sales
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NewsBombardier announces departures of executives Arcamone and Alary
Bombardier has announced a major management shakeup, saying today that Mike Arcamone, president of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, is leaving the company and that senior vice president and chief financial officer Pierre Alary will retire.
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NewsBombardier risks losing third-largest CSeries customer
Repeated delays and a new financing problem could drive Bombardier’s third-largest customer for the CSeries to cancel the order within a few months.
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NewsBombardier CEO suggests new CSeries delay possible
Bombardier’s new chief executive appeared to disclose a new delay for first delivery of the CS100 at a press conference in Montreal on 27 March, but a company spokeswoman says there has been no change.
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NewsBack to life: nine civil types revived
As our report on Viking’s Twin Otter shows, reviving civil aircraft programmes that have foundered can be a gamble that pays off – or, not.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Field on making ordinary aircraft extraordinary
For almost 70 years, Field Aviation has been turning mainly Canadian-built types into special mission platforms – making, as its website boasts, “ordinary aircraft extraordinary”. The modifications house, based next to Toronto’s international airport, began transforming surplus wartime transports in the late 1940s. Its latest projects include partnering with Boeing ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How recent wins have powered up P&WC
These are “exciting times” in the business aviation market for Michael Perodeau, vice-president of corporate and military aviation at Pratt & Whitney Canada. Although the sector has failed to fully recover from the global downturn at the turn of the decade, the Montreal-based manufacturer, one of the oldest brands in ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Canada's Héroux-Devtek gears up for big time after landing 777X deal
Two years ago, Héroux-Devtek was a distant number three in the civil landing gear market, behind Safran’s Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (MBD) and the former Goodrich business of United Technologies (UTC).
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NewsFlying Canadians: 10 individuals who made a major mark on aviation
To accompany our Canadian industry special, we look at 10 sons of the country – sadly no women quite made the list – who helped develop the country’s aviation sector, from those behind Canada’s first powered flight and World War One aces to an airline entrepreneur and the men behind ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Viking Air's Twin Otter gamble paid off
About as far west as you can go from the aerospace corridor around Montreal and Toronto and the Twin Otter’s original manufacturing site, Canada’s other original equipment manufacturer is proving its gamble to bring the type back to life is more than paying off. Viking Air – based on Vancouver ...
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NewsIndustry asks US Army, one shaft or two for new helicopter engine
Competition for the US Army’s improved turbine engine programme (ITEP) is shaping up to be a head-to-head match-up between single-spool and double-spool turboshaft powerplant designs.
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NewsUS Army's improved helicopter engine enters design phase
The US Army’s quest for a more powerful and fuel efficient drop-in replacement for the General Electric T700 that powers most of its helicopters is moving from the experimental technology realm to preliminary design review (PDR).