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London Heathrow airport unveils Tarsier FOD detection system

08:00 13 June 2008

London Heathrow airport is aiming to reduce the risk from undetected foreign object debris (FOD). The airport has...

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Canadian transit officer left explosive sample on 767 during test

News | 25 Jan 2013 22:20 | Kristin Majcher

A transit police officer left a sample of an explosive substance on an Air Canada Boeing 767 after a dog training exercise in Vancouver, documents obtained...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Canadian-transit-officer-left-explosive-sample-on-767-during-test-381521/

Vancouver poised for global hub status

News | 18 Sep 2012 14:19 | Edward Russell

Vancouver airport is well positioned to become a "global portal", says Boyd Group International chairman Michael Boyd.The airport benefits from expanding...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Vancouver-poised-for-global-hub-status-376620/

Transat concludes sale of ground handling unit

News | 13 Jun 2012 14:13

Canadian travel group Transat has completed the sale of its Handlex business unit, which provides ground handling services at Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Transat-concludes-sale-of-ground-handling-unit-372977/

Canadian province proposes jet fuel tax relief for Vancouver

News | 23 Feb 2012 22:29 | Stephen Trimble

British Columbia officials have proposed to discard a 2.5% tax on jet fuel partly to make local airports, including Vancouver International, more competitive...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Canadian-province-proposes-jet-fuel-tax-relief-for-Vancouver-368737/

JAL, WestJet ink codeshare deal

News | 14 Dec 2011 02:36

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Canada's WestJet Airlines have entered into a codeshare agreement, effective 15 December.Under the codeshare deal, JAL will...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/JAL-WestJet-ink-codeshare-deal-365966/

ROUTES 2010: Vancouver strives to become an international hub

News | 15 Sep 2010 08:01 | David Knibb

Routes host city Vancouver is already Canada's main Pacific gateway, but can it step up its share of traffic from the larger US-Asian market? Thanks to geography, Vancouver will always be Canada's gateway to the Pacific. But its role as a hub between the USA and Asia is a more elusive goal that Vancouver International airport is still striving to earn. Two things are likely to boost Vancouver's gateway status. The first is China, the second is better interline deals. As Canada's third largest city and the only one on the Pacific coast, Vancouver has always had a large Asian population. That population grew even more when many Hong Kong residents took out Canadian citizenship before Hong Kong's handover to China. John Korenic, Vancouver's director of aviation marketing, says his airport is already the fourth-largest origin-and-destination point between North America and Asia, and that includes such behemoths as Los Angeles. Late last year Chinahttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ROUTES-2010-Vancouver-strives-to-become-an-international-hub-347337/