Leaping ahead of a potential carbon tax, airport makes environmental headway but most of achievement came from greener grid. Toronto Pearson International Airport’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have dropped nearly by half since 2006, a feat it claims is equivalent to 44,800 tonnes worth of carbon dioxide. That fact, nine years in the making, means Toronto Pearson has joined an elite...
Bombardier continues to talk to Canadian officials about another possible $1 billion investment as it transitions from development to entry-into-service of its new CSeries program. The program received a boost from the recent $1 billion commitment from the Government of Quebec, which strengthened the company’s near-term liquidity position. The company since has asked government officials in...
Bombardier is preparing for dampened revenue next year with Global 5000/6000 production cuts and expectations of a slightly down or flat market over the next two years. David Coleal, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, told investors on November 24 that the company has “right-sized” production and expects rates to remain flat – barring major market changes – through...
Air Canada today announced a further, strategic expansion of its Vancouver hub with the addition of the only non-stop flights to Dublin, Ireland next summer. This new seasonal route follows the recent announcement of several enhancements at the airline’s Vancouver hub for 2016, including new transborder services to Chicago, San Jose and San Diego, double daily flights to London Heathro...
Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc said lower production of its business jets — Global 5000 and Global 6000 — will drive down revenue in 2016. The company, which is scheduled to hold an investor day on Tuesday, said it expects its liquidity position to be strong in 2016, helped by investments from Quebec pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and the gov...
Air Canada announced today new non-stop services between four key Canadian hubs and 12 U.S. cities beginning next summer. The new transborder routes will introduce new destinations, such as Toronto-Washington-Dulles, Toronto-Salt Lake City and Vancouver-San Jose, while also creating new city-pair routings, such as Vancouver-Chicago, Montreal-Houston, Montreal-Denver and Calgary-San Francisco. To p...
Bombardier has launched its Bombardier Smart Link service, which will be progressively rolled out for Learjet, Challenger and Global aircraft. Smart Link's performance and operations monitoring and reporting services offer Bombardier aircraft operators information and reports that will improve the in-service performance of their aircraft, ensure faster return to service, and ultimately, ena...
World Fuel Services (WFS) has begun the expansion of its Ascent-branded FBO network into the Canadian market with the addition of Million Air Vancouver as its first location north of the border. The branding will give the Million Air facility access to WFS’s various customer support initiatives, as well as to the FlyBuys Rewards loyalty program. “The addition of...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has announced that the CS100 aircraft has completed its certification flight testing. Bombardier is currently in the process of finalising the submission of Type Certificate documentation for Transport Canada Approval. “We have already started to see increased excitement and interest in many communities as our all-new C Series aircraft - the fir...
Air Canada welcomes confirmation by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing approximately 6,500 flight attendants at Air Canada and 700 at Air Canada rouge, that its members have ratified an agreement on collective agreement terms for ten years. “This ten-year landmark agreement with CUPE is a historic development which will help Air Canada achieve its gl...
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft today welcomed five Latin American airlines to its family of operators, and congratulated another that has extended its service offerings in the region with Bombardier-manufactured commercial aircraft. Among the airlines that have joined Bombardier’s growing family of CRJ Series aircraft operators is Rosario, Argentina-based Sol Líneas A&ea...
The Quebec government said on Monday its $1 billion investment in a partnership with Bombardier Inc that is aimed at completing the company's CSeries jet program will be financed through the government's annual borrowing program. Bombardier's CSeries passenger jet program is already years late and billions of dollars over budget. In October, the government in Bombardier's h...
