All Canada articles – Page 8
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Opinion
Why Mitsubishi's pursuit of the CRJ makes sense
Embraer probably views the CRJ as a competitor that just will not go away.
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News
Bell gains high-altitude approval for 505
Bell has received certification permitting high-altitude operations of its 505 Jet Ranger X light-single, following a series of demonstration flights earlier this year.
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News
Longview completes Dash 8 buy and forms De Havilland Aircraft
Longview Aviation Capital has completed its acquisition of the Dash 8 turboprop line from Bombardier and placed the programme into a newly formed holding company called De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited.
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News
Saab ready to offer Canadian-built Gripen fighters to Ottawa
Saab is ready to offer 88 Canadian-built Gripen fighters to Ottawa, should it be required in the final request for proposals (RFP).
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News
Viking to market para-public DHC-6 Twin Otter on world tour
Viking Air plans to fly a para-public variant of the DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, called the Guardian 400, around the world starting in September.
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News
P&WC on track with Falcon 6X engine testing
Pratt & Whitney Canada continues ramping PW800 production and says its PW812D will be ready for the Dassault Falcon 6X’s expected 2022 service entry.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Bombardier builds momentum as new Globals near delivery
Bombardier set the bar high for itself and competitors at least year's EBACE when it unveiled the Global 5500 and 6500 programme, which it had surprisingly kept secret from the industry's prying eyes.
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News
WestJet ratifies agreement with dispatchers
WestJet today has ratified a three-year agreement with its flight dispatchers, represented by the Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA), continuing a wave of unionization at the airline.
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News
Flying Colours plants flag in Europe
Canadian MRO and completions specialist Flying Colours is dipping its toe into the European market for the first time in its 30-year history with the appointment of Andrew Pearce as its first European sales manager.
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News
Boeing sold no new commercial aircraft in April
Boeing cut 171 737 orders from its backlog in April amid the collapse of Indian carrier Jet Airways, while the airframer’s deliveries slowed to a trickle as the 737 Max remains grounded.
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News
Air Canada in talks to acquire Transat AT
Air Canada will purchase Transat AT, the tourism company parent of Montreal-based leisure carrier Air Transat and combine the two companies.
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Airline Business
ANALYSIS: Onex aims for WestJet growth
The purchase of WestJet led by Onex Partners for C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) is an opportunity to continue the airline’s transition into a global carrier following the private equity firm’s years of attempts to increase its aviation focus.
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News
PICTURES: Fuel truck hits Jazz Dash 8 in Toronto
Several people were hospitalised after fuel truck struck a Jazz Bombardier Dash 8-300 at Toronto Pearson International airport early on 10 May.
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Opinion
Who will buy Bombardier Belfast?
News that Bombardier plans to divest its Belfast aerostructures plant, along with a smaller operation in Morocco, as it consolidates its remaining aerospace activities into Bombardier Aviation, was not surprising.
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News
Sales of assets push up Bombardier’s aircraft profits in Q1
Bombardier’s commercial and business aircraft divisions posted stronger profits in the first quarter of 2019, reflecting sales by Bombardier of major assets formerly held by each unit.
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News
Bombardier to sell Belfast and Morocco sites
Bombardier has combined its commercial and business aircraft units into a single division called Bombardier Aviation, and will seek to divest its aerostructures businesses in Belfast and Morocco.
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News
Stratodynamics, UAVOS to drop Hidron glider from 118,000ft
After successfully carrying its Hidron unmanned glider to 82,000ft using a weather balloon, releasing it and flying it down safely to Earth, partners Stratodynamics and UAVOS are preparing to drop the aircraft from 118,000ft in September or August as part of a new research project.
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News
WestJet’s 787-9 completes first transatlantic flight
WestJet has introduced its latest Boeing 787-9 with an inaugural transatlantic flight.
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News
R-R ground testing new business jet powerplant
Rolls-Royce (R-R) is quietly developing a new business jet engine, with ground testing of the powerplant having begun last year, according to informed sources.
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News
Bombardier combats jetlag with 'dynamic' lighting for 7500
Though several Bombardier Global 7500s are already in service, the company has now disclosed the type has an algorithm-driven system that adjusts cabin lighting in ways intended to help passengers feel refreshed after skipping across time zones.