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Bombardier Committed to Continuing Safety Education in Latin America with Bigger and Better Safety Standdown
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that an expanded Safety Standdown Latin America will return to Brazil in conjunction with the ninth annual Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (LABACE). The highly acclaimed two-day seminar will take place August 13-14, at the Grand Hyatt São Paulo Hotel. In its third year in Latin America, Safety Standdown […]
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Gold Medal campaign boosts Aussie bookings by 210%
Gold Medal’s ‘The Great Aussie Sale’ campaign has boosted year-on-year sales to Cairns, Adelaide and Melbourne by 210%, it has been revealed. The four week campaign, which ran with Cathay Pacific and Tourism Australia, saw Tasmania benefit the most due to free internal flights, which raised its hotel night sales by 105%. The promotion […]
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Bombardier Aerospace Concludes a Successful Farnborough Airshow
Bombardier Aerospace today concluded a successful week at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow, where it had the opportunity to connect with business and commercial aircraft customers from around the world and announced up to $3.27 billion in firm orders and other commitments for its Q400 NextGen, CRJ and CSeries aircraft. “We arrived at Farnborough with solid momentum following a strong […]
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Chorus Aviation Orders Six Bombardier Q400 NextGen Airliners
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Chorus Aviation Inc., the parent company of Jazz Aviation LP (“Jazz”), has placed a firm order for six Q400 NextGen airliners. The transaction involves the conversion to firm orders of six of the 15 options taken by Jazz with its original order for 15 Q400 NextGen airliners, announced on April 30, […]
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IAA members voted for 5-year contract from HB
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on Saturday voted to accept a five-year contract offer from Hawker Beechcraft Corp. The voting members approved the deal by 69 percent. “Our membership has ratified the contract today, and we’re proud to have a contract,” said Rita Rogers, assistant directing business representative for Machinists […]
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Singapore Airlines & Virgin Australia to share services
Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia launched the first phase of their alliance on August 1 as a prelude to an even stronger alliance once government approval is forthcoming. From today, eligible passengers on either airline have reciprocal lounge access and Singapore Airlines passengers are able to connect to a range of Australian destinations served by […]
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Airbus provides famine relief for Africa
The Airbus Corporate Foundation has helped deliver 36 tonnes of dried food to famine-blighted areas of southeast Africa, in a relief effort organised jointly with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IRFC). On 27 July, a flight test crew left Toulouse, France aboard an A340 and collected the supplies from Bergen, […]
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New Bombardier Learjet Aircraft on Track to Enter Service in 2013
Bombardier announced today that it is on track with its three new Learjet business aircraft as it shared further details of its ongoing development programs. The Learjet 85 aircraft program continues to progress towards first flight with four test aircraft in various stages of fabrication. The first complete pressure fuselage, including the nose and aft fuselage, is undergoing final […]
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Oman Air considers launch of economy-only flights
Oman Air is considering the launch of economy-only flights on routes with low demand for premium class travel, the state-backed carrier’s CEO has said. Peter Hill said a handful of the flag airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft could be reconfigured to offer economy-only seating for routes with higher demand for budget travel. “We are looking […]
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Turkish Airlines to expand operations in India
Turkish Airlines plans to expand operations in India in 2012 by doubling weekly flights to 28 and adding Hyderabad as its third Indian destination. Turkey’s flag carrier, which currently operates one flight daily to Delhi and Mumbai, also aims to extend its code share withAir India, India’s national carrier, to get more passengers from Indian […]