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New Flexjet Director of Marketing Taking Brand to New Heights

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New Flexjet Director of Marketing Taking Brand to New Heights

Flexjet, a leader in private aviation solutions, is elevating its rebranding efforts with the addition of Christopher Bero as the company’s new Director of Marketing. Bero, armed with his award-winning background in brand marketing, is turning the spotlight on Flexjet’s unrivaled premium experience, signature flexibility and the unique expertise that comes with Bombardier’s 100-plus years of aviation heritage. “Christopher’s […]

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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 […]

Bombardier’s “Get More” Q400 NextGen Airliner World Tour Reaches Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States

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Bombardier’s “Get More” Q400 NextGen Airliner World Tour Reaches Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Interest and momentum for Bombardier Aerospace’s technologically advanced Q400 NextGen airliner keeps building as the aircraft kicked off the fourth leg of its world tour last week in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Following successful demonstration flights and static displays in Tblisi, Georgia and Saratov, Russia, theQ400 NextGen airliner – painted in its special “Get […]

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Accidents report in August 2011

Medevac King Air Goes Down in Alaska Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200, Atqasuk, Alaska, May 16, 2011–Icing is suspected in the crash of the turboprop twin, which went down while en route to Atqasuk Airport for an early-morning medevac pick-up. The King Air was substantially damaged when it crashed approximately seven miles west of the […]

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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 […]

Flexjet to be First Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 Aircraft Fractional Jet Ownership Provider

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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 […]

Flexjet and Qatar Airways Launch Marketing Alliance

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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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BAA loss narrows on Heathrow traffic recovery

BAA Ltd., the owner of London’s Heathrow and Stansted airports, narrowed its first-half loss as traffic was spurred by growth in emerging markets and an alliance between British Airways and American Airlines. The net loss at the two London airports was 130.4 million pounds ($214 million), compared with deficit of 260.2 million pounds a year […]