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Postponing ETS Implementation Relieves Airlines

  Air transport associations, authorities, organisations and airlines have been strongly positioned against the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as it would be a cost burden to airlines, calculated to add 1% to an average return fare, and would decrease up to 1% air traffic volumes. Intensifying price competition, that does not allow carriers to pass […]

Republic Airlines enrolls record fleet of 32 aircraft in Q400 Smart Parts Program

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Republic Airlines enrolls record fleet of 32 aircraft in Q400 Smart Parts Program

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Indianapolis-based Republic Airlines is the latest airline to enrol in Bombardier’s Q400 Smart Parts cost protection program. The customized Smart Parts agreement, covering Republic’s 32 Q400 aircraft, firms up the agreement in principle announced earlier this year in conjunction with an exclusive maintenance contract for the same aircraft with work […]

Bombardier Learjet Employees Accept Labor Agreement

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Bombardier Learjet Employees Accept Labor Agreement

Bombardier Learjet announced today that its unionized employees in Wichita, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), have voted to accept a proposed contract agreement, ending a strike action that began on October 8, 2012. Employees may return to work as early as November 12, 2012. “We are satisfied with the […]

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Austrian Airlines to Offer Business Class Tickets

Austria`s flag carrier airline Austrian Airlines offers the best business class tickets for some destinations.  Between November 2012 and spring 2013, Austrian Airlines will be modernizing the interior of their entire long-haul fleet. Here is the outstanding features aboard Austrian Airlines:  high-tech seats, which can be folded down flat, with innovative details in Business Class  a new entertainment […]

Bombardier Announces Financial Results for the 3Q Ended September 30, 2012

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Bombardier Announces Financial Results for the 3Q Ended September 30, 2012

Revenues of $4.3 billion, compared to $4.6 billion last fiscal year EBIT of $248 million, or 5.7% of revenues, compared to $301 million, or 6.5%, last fiscal year Net income of $212 million, compared to $192 million last fiscal year Diluted earnings per share of $0.12, compared to $0.11 last fiscal year Free cash flow usage of $237 million, compared to a […]

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Airbus A380 wins prestigious UK award

The UK’s national noise reduction charity, the Noise Abatement Society, presented the Airbus A380 a top award at their annual award ceremony last night recognising the aircraft’s reduced noise around airport communities. There will be 10 daily A380 flights to Heathrow by the end of the year, which has the strictest noise regulations of any […]

Bombardier Exhibits its Ongoing Commitment to China at Airshow China

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Bombardier Exhibits its Ongoing Commitment to China at Airshow China

Demonstrating its commitment to China and the broader Asia-Pacific marketplace, Bombardier is pleased to return to Airshow China in Zhuhai for its 2012 edition, where it will showcase its diversified portfolio of business and commercial aircraft, and its superior customer support services. Bombardier has a longstanding relationship with the Chinese market. Its range of industry-leading […]

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Heathrow needs Expansion Tourism bosses call

Over a third (34%) of tourism chiefs believe expanding Heathrow is the best way of solving the UK’s airport capacity problems, according to a poll. Of the 1,300 bosses surveyed, 20% backed the Thames Estuary airport plan favoured by London Mayor Boris Johnson. It was carried out by the organisers of the World Travel Market […]

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Bombardier’s 200th Challenger 605 Jet Enters Service

Bombardier’s Challenger program has reached a significant milestone with the entry-into-service of the 200th Challenger 605 business jet. The aircraft was handed over to its new owner (who wishes to remain anonymous) during a special ceremony at the Challenger facility in Dorval, Québec, in October 2012, with hundreds of proud employees in attendance. “We are […]

The Flexjet 25 Jet Card Is This Year’s Ultimate Holiday Gift

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The Flexjet 25 Jet Card Is This Year’s Ultimate Holiday Gift

Holiday shopping for the loved one who has everything has never been easier thanks to the Flexjet 25 Jet Card program, operated by U.S. air carrier Jet Solutions. Destined to be the season’s ultimate gift, the Flexjet 25 Jet Card program pairs the very best in private jet travel with a host of travel benefits […]