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NewsBombardier delivers first Global 5500
Bombardier has delivered the first Global 5500, with the handover to an undisclosed customer on 24 June coming just over two years after the super-large-cabin business jet was introduced alongside its longer-range stablemate, the Global 6500.
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Royal Canadian Air Force fighter competition delayed by coronavirus until 31 July
The deadline was pushed back at the request of potential bidders in the competition. Ottawa wants to buy 88 fighter aircraft, worth $15 to $19 billion.
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Grounded commercial aircraft around the world – in pictures
Parked aircraft have become commonplace at airports in all regions as the coronavirus outbreak prompts border restrictions and plummeting demand for air travel
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How WestJet reacted quickly to virus – and faced up to tough decisions
When WestJet chief executive Ed Sims drives past the Calgary International airport to his office every morning, he sees a row of parked aircraft, grounded by the coronavirus pandemic, and wonders what fresh hell awaits.
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Canada approves first UAV beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight with only detect-and-avoid
The regulatory agency granted the Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate to drone operator MVT Geo-solutions of Quebec, which offers aerial lidar, photogrammetry and thermography land mapping services.
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Bombardier suspends production in Canada and Belfast
Bombardier is to halt work at most of its operations in Canada, plus its aerostructures unit in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to comply with governmental restrictions designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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Transat to lay off 70% of Canadian staff as it halts flights in April
Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat will suspend all flights on 1 April, while its parent Transat AT is laying off some 3,600 Canadian employees due to the coronavirus crisis.
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Longview halts production of Q400s and Twin Otters
Longview Aviation Capital’s subsidiaries will suspend production of De Havilland Aircraft of Canada’s Dash 8-400 turboprop and Viking Air’s DHC-6-400 Twin Otter turboprop in response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Canada’s Sunwing to suspend flights and layoff pilots: union
Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines will suspend operations on 24 March and layoff all its roughly 470 pilots on 8 April, according the union representing Sunwing’s pilots.
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Air Canada to scale back international routes through April
Air Canada today says it will gradually suspend most international flights by 31 March in response to the coronavirus pandemic while maintaining a few routes to help Canadian citizens repatriate and continue essential cargo deliveries. US president Donald Trump and Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau have announced plans ...
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Viking Air’s updated CL-415EAF makes flight debut
Viking Air’s first CL-415EAF enhanced aerial firefighter has completed its debut flight following modification from the earlier CL-215 water-bomber standard.
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Bombardier sells rail division to focus on business aviation
Bombardier says it is to focus exclusively on business aviation following an agreement to sell its rail division to French rail giant Alstom. The deal announced on 17 February, is worth close $4.5 billion for Bombardier, and will help to slash company’s outstanding debt of some $9 billion.
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Bombardier to more than double UK service centre capacity
Bombardier is set to more than double service centre capacity at its UK base in London Biggin Hill airport to accommodate its growing business jet fleet in Europe; in particular, the increasing number of Global 7500s that are expected to arrive on the continent over the coming years.
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Air Canada suspends Beijing and Shanghai amid coronavirus
Air Canada says it will suspend all direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai through February, following a notice from Canada’s government advising against non-essential travel to mainland China on fears about the deadly Wuhan coronavirus. The suspension of the carrier’s outbound flights from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver begins ...
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Air Canada keeps Max out of its schedules through June
Air Canada has extended the absence of the 737 Max from its schedules through 30 June as the grounding of the aircraft drags on and the US Federal Aviation Administration continues its review of whether they are safe to resume service. The Montreal-based carrier’s 22 January announcement comes ...
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WestJet strikes 737 Max flights through late June
Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines says it has taken the Boeing 737 Max jet out of its schedule until 24 June, following Boeing’s announcement earlier today that it does not expect the aircraft to be re-certificated until “the middle of 2020”.
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WestJet to connect Halifax and Manchester
WestJet will begin seasonal service between Halifax and Manchester in June – a city pair that is currently not connected with a nonstop flight - the Canadian airline says on its website.
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Ottawa advances FWSAR programme with C295 acceptance
Canada has formally taken receipt of its first C295 fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft from Airbus Defence & Space.
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Bombardier G5500 and 6500 gain FAA certification
Bombardier says that its Global 5500 and 6500 have received FAA certification, completing its approval requirements in three of the world’s major jurisdictions and allowing it to begin delivery of the aircraft to customers.
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Bombardier delivers first business jet fuelled with SAF
US charter and management company Latitude 33 Aviation has become the first Bombardier customer to take delivery of a business jet fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
