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Bombardier to Feature Two High Performance Business Jets at CBAA
Leading business jet manufacturer Bombardier will showcase its Challenger 300 and Global 5000 jets at the upcoming Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) Convention, Trade Show and Static Display in Toronto, Ontario, on June 13 & 14, 2012. “Demand for business aircraft in Canada has been consistent and strong over the past 27 years, with Bombardier leading the pack. We […]
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Spirit Airlines is growing fast
On its first-ever earnings conference call Thursday, newly-public Spirit Airlines sounded nothing like the half-dozen established airlines whose calls came earlier. To begin with, Spirit is growing. Capacity grew 27.3% in the second quarter, with full-year growth pegged at 16%. The carrier has 35 Airbus aircraft and will take two more this fall, seven […]
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Bombardier Signs Exclusive Q400 Aircraft Maintenance Agreement with RA
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has signed an exclusive nine-year heavy maintenance agreement with Indianapolis-based Republic Airlines for its 32 Q400 aircraft. Under this agreement, Bombardier will perform all heavy maintenance tasks for the airline’s fleet of Q400 aircraft at its service centres in Macon, Georgia and Tucson, Arizona through June 2021. In addition, Republic Airlines has agreed […]
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Bombardier Delivers First Q400 NextGen Aircraft to Polish Carrier Eurolot
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of eightQ400 NextGen turboprop airliners ordered by new customer Eurolot S.A. of Warsaw, Poland. The Polish carrier also holds options on an additional 12 of the aircraft. Eurolot was represented at the handover ceremony by Bartlomiej Matusewicz, Vice President, Operations & Technical. Several Bombardier employees were also in attendance. “This is […]
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Flexjet to be First Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 Aircraft Fractional Jet Ownership Provider
Flexjet will be the first provider of fractional jet management services to offer access to Bombardier’s new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft. Flexjet will be offering shares of Bombardier’s newest aircraft, with deliveries scheduled for 2013. Technological innovations position the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft as some of the fastest, most innovative and productive aircraft in the light jet category. “On the eve of […]
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Flexjet and Qatar Airways Launch Marketing Alliance
Marking its second strategic marketing alliance with an international airline, Flexjet—a subsidiary of Bombardier—has signed an agreement with Qatar Airways to offer its fractional owners premium benefits when traveling through Qatar Airways’ four North American gateways to and from the Middle East and beyond. “With a growing focus on the international business market, we’ve seen an […]
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2 passengers arrested after attacking pilot
Last night, two men were arrested at Miami International Airport after one of them reportedly punched an American Airlines pilot. American Airlines flight 1755 was headed to SFO but returned to the gate after Jonathan Baez, 27, had appeared unresponsive and intoxicated. He was sleeping and not wearing his seatbelt and when a flight attendant […]
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Singapore Airlines replaces Rolls-Royce engine that failed on Airbus plane after takeoff
Singapore Airlines says it has replaced a Rolls-Royce Plc engine that shut down on an Airbus A380 airplane shortly after takeoff. The company said in a statement Wednesday the plane had to return to Singapore’s Changi International Airport after taking off Tuesday heading to Hong Kong. The airline replaced the aircraft’s Trent 900 number three […]
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United Airlines passenger accidentally shoots worker
A United Airlines passenger accidentally shot one of the airline’s workers when his rifle fired while he was checking in at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Edward Deubler, 65, was at the ticket counter when the weapon fired, and part of the bullet hit the airline employee in the leg after first striking the […]
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Moroccan plane crashes killed scores of people
Seventy-eight of the 81 people aboard a Moroccan C-130 military transport plane are believed to have died when it crashed into a mountain on Tuesday in bad weather. The plane was preparing to land at Guelmim military air base in southern Morocco, near the disputed Western Sahara. The remains of 42 people have been found […]