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by aircanadaa330
Sun Apr 09, 2023 1:38 pm
Forum: Site Related
Topic: 500 error pop ups
Replies: 32
Views: 10692

Re: 500 error pop ups

I am getting it a lot too. When I change the grid view, click on a photo to enlarge it or sometimes just going to the next page.

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Canadian C-148 Helicopter missing presumed crashed
Replies: 19
Views: 3582

Canadian C-148 Helicopter missing presumed crashed

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadian-n ... -1.4917670
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Helicopter was operating of HMCS FREDERICTON in the Mediterranean Sea in support of a NATO operation.

Praying for all on board...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/canadian-n ... -1.4917670

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by aircanadaa330
Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:36 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide Q1 2019
Replies: 6476
Views: 828131

Re: B737MAX Grounded Worldwide

Air Canada announces they will keep their Boeing 737-8 Max fleets grounded until at least July "Air Canada is now updating its April and May schedule to further optimize its fleet and re-accommodate customers. Because the timeline for the return to service of the 737 Max is unknown, for plannin...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Actor sues AA over pinky stuck in seat
Replies: 18
Views: 5646

Re: Actor sues AA over pinky stuck in seat

SASViking wrote:
Well.... All he needs now is an emotional support animal :lol:


I'm sure my daughter would share her emotional support teddy bear

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada submits bid to buy back Aeroplan
Replies: 24
Views: 4596

Re: Air Canada submits bid to buy back Aeroplan

looks like they may have come back with a better deal... https://www.aeroplan.com/whats_new/news_articles.do?dl=WhatsNew_WEBUP31000033_2018_08_20 "As you may have seen or heard, Air Canada, TD, CIBC and Visa Canada (the Consortium) have reached an agreement to acquire the Aeroplan loyalty busin...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada submits bid to buy back Aeroplan
Replies: 24
Views: 4596

Air Canada submits bid to buy back Aeroplan

i just got an email from AC (standard press release) stating that after listening to people they have submitted a bid to buy back Aeroplan. There ha been no word from the current ownership of Aeroplan I guess they plan to buy it and change it to suit their needs more. It would be nice to keep my mil...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed May 02, 2018 11:33 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada agrees to free tickets--with a catch
Replies: 2
Views: 2478

Air Canada agrees to free tickets--with a catch

"ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- A love-struck Michigan man has convinced Air Canada to give him free tickets to visit his Newfoundland girlfriend -- if he can manage to make his campaign go viral." It is a nice gesture...hopefully he gets the retweets. https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/air-canada-agre...

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:06 pm
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Canada looks to replace ageing VIP Transport
Replies: 37
Views: 7408

Re: Canada looks to replace ageing VIP Transport

WIederling wrote:
aircanadaa330 wrote:
A380?

Seriously though, I’m putting my money on the A330. I highly doubt they will buy new.


Germany swapped (some of) their ex Interflug A310 out for ( ex LH?) A340.
Perfect frame for the task.

True, does Germany use the A340s for inflight refuelling?

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Canada looks to replace ageing VIP Transport
Replies: 37
Views: 7408

Re: Canada looks to replace ageing VIP Transport

A380?

Seriously though, I’m putting my money on the A330. I highly doubt they will buy new.

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236738

Re: Boeing 737MAX Production/Delivery Thread 2018

whoa, didn't know they were going with 2 over the wing exits....

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by aircanadaa330
Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:42 am
Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
Topic: Birds inside den terminal
Replies: 28
Views: 2338

Re: Birds inside den terminal

We used to have birds flying inside He Halifax airport (YHZ). I enjoyed it. In some ways I found it relaxing.

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by aircanadaa330
Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:01 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Airbus A320 NEO series and A350's for China can't be delivered
Replies: 34
Views: 16152

Re: Airbus A320 NEO series and A350's for China can't be delivered

if China isn't going to "allow" these deliveries, couldn't Airbus sell them to other customers? Build China's planes later....

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:28 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: HNA's financial woes
Replies: 98
Views: 28240

Re: HNA's airlines miss lease payments

are they not profitable? or are they wasting their money on useless stuff. It is more like they used asset to finance buying additional asset, then in turn, use those asset to finance more. In another word, they borrow big to spend big. Works until regulator start taking a closer look at their deal...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Dec 06, 2017 11:53 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: HNA's financial woes
Replies: 98
Views: 28240

Re: HNA's airlines miss lease payments

are they not profitable?

or are they wasting their money on useless stuff.

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A330freak wrote:
As rumoured, Air Senegal has signed a MoU for 2 A330neos
Image
http://www-org.airbus.com/newsroom/pres ... craft.html


whoa, that is a capacity jump.

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:25 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EgyptAir to lease 6 787-9's from AerCap
Replies: 8
Views: 1118

Re: EgyptAir to lease 6 787-9's from AerCap

are these going to be used for growth or fleet renewal?

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:28 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada receives first 737 MAX
Replies: 166
Views: 25148

Re: Air Canada receives first 737 MAX

Very cool to see AC fly a 737 again. But the new livery does not work well on the 737. The mask looks terrible with the bare metal window frames, and the low logo on the tail looks particularly off on a 737 tail. Would have loved to see this in the toothpaste colors. Never was a fan of the "To...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada receives first 737 MAX
Replies: 166
Views: 25148

Re: Air Canada receives first 737 MAX

Any pictures of the cabin yet? Curious to see what it looks like

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by aircanadaa330
Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: China Southern to Leave Skyteam?
Replies: 73
Views: 25948

Re: China Southern to Leave Skyteam?

Would Cathay be okay with a Chinese airline in OW? Or would they try and block it

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:35 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: A330neo first flight on Oct 19th
Replies: 77
Views: 18932

Re: A330neo first flight on Oct 19th

Balerit wrote:


I think it is classy that they (Airbus/Boeing) do stuff like this. Sure they are blood enemies but it is always good to see some friendly moments.

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by aircanadaa330
Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:54 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Airbus and Bombardier Announce CSeries Partnership
Replies: 1568
Views: 201963

Re: Breaking: Airbus and Bombardier Announce C Series Partnership

so does this mean Boeing is going to stop with those commercials telling us how Boeing Stands with Canada?

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:20 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Airbus and Bombardier Announce CSeries Partnership
Replies: 1568
Views: 201963

Re: Breaking: Airbus and Bombardier Announce C Series Partnership

so does this mean BBD is slowly getting out of the commercial aviation market? Will they focus on business jets?

basically, what does this mean for BBD, other than avoiding bankruptcy

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar
Replies: 681
Views: 158930

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

NearMiss wrote:
Vladex wrote:
c933103 wrote:
Why? I thought QR doesn't have much presence in Latin America?


I think he is alluding that QR is leasing several A350's from LATAM.


That, and the fact that they own 10% of the LATAM Group



just out of curiosity, how does this affect LATAM? Is QR pumping money into LATAM?

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:25 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar
Replies: 681
Views: 158930

Re: Breaking: Bahrain, Egypt and KSA closed their airspace for Qatar

rufusmi wrote:
The Qatari government better do some quick neogotiating, otherwise it looks like QR is in deep trouble.


Its 1:23am here in Halifax, I'm sure Qatar will have this "fixed" by the time I get to the office for 7am tomorrow

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by aircanadaa330
Mon May 22, 2017 10:11 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada outlines 737 MAX operations
Replies: 44
Views: 13695

Re: Air Canada outlines 737 MAX operations

Glad I will see them here in Halifax sooner rather than later, might have to book a flight soon......

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by aircanadaa330
Sun May 21, 2017 1:50 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Update on EU Black List
Replies: 4
Views: 2655

Re: Update on EU Black List

Im surprised HIMALAYA AIRLINES is on the list already....then again it looks like most airlines from Nepal are on the list

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by aircanadaa330
Sun Mar 12, 2017 12:24 am
Forum: Site Related
Topic: Cannot open DELTA AIRLINES plane pictures
Replies: 10
Views: 1951

Re: Cannot open DELTA AIRLINES plane pictures

well at least I am not the only one with this issue...

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by aircanadaa330
Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:55 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta Overhead bins question
Replies: 2
Views: 1602

Delta Overhead bins question

So I am watching various videos on YouTube last night and I found a video of a Delta A321, a pax made an in-flight review, I noticed in the video the over head bins are very similar to the A350. So my question is this; did Delta custom order the bins, or is Airbus using the new design for the A320 f...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:17 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada 737MAX
Replies: 80
Views: 23020

Re: Air Canada 737MAX

longhauler wrote:

So look anywhere you see A320s on longer flights, say YYZ/YOW/YUL-YYC/YEG/YVR and YYZ-LAX/SFO.



sure hope they come to YHZ sooner than later.

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by aircanadaa330
Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:50 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: SAA v. Air New Zealand
Replies: 28
Views: 6232

Re: SAA v. Air New Zealand

chiki wrote:
5. Get rid of those 4 holers ie A340's



With JNB being a hot and high airport, wouldn't removing the 4 holers be an issue? Im not very familiar with hot and high airport ops, but I am under the impression that 2 holers have performance issues.

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by aircanadaa330
Sat Dec 10, 2016 1:40 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Marketing At an Airline Who Won't Buy
Replies: 7
Views: 1880

Re: Marketing At an Airline Who Won't Buy

I would assume that if say Southwest were to announce they are looking for planes Airbus would stop by to talk, but I doubt they would cold call them inquiring if they are looking.

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:17 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Alitalia could ground 15-20 A320s cut 2000 staff; no profit till 2021
Replies: 79
Views: 17590

Re: Alitalia could ground 15-20 A320s cut 2000 staff; no profit till 2021

a while ago it was mentioned that they were going to pick up some 77Ws....I am assuming that plan is dead in the water?

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by aircanadaa330
Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:08 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Engine Fuel burn question
Replies: 4
Views: 1143

Re: Engine Fuel burn question

I might have gotten what you want merely by asking the correct question at Google,etc.http://www.answers.com/Q/Average_fuel_c ... 0_aircraftI was on AOL when I made this query: http://search.aol.com/aol/search?enable ... n+B737-700My question was simply "Fuel Usage Rate on B737-700. Try substi...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:26 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Engine Fuel burn question
Replies: 4
Views: 1143

Engine Fuel burn question

Hey everyone, so I did a search and I didn't find anything here, I also have been ready websites for engine manufactures and both Airbus and Boeing but I couldn't find anything so I thought I would ask all of you; Where would I find how much fuel the 737-700/800 and Airbus A319-320 would burn per mi...

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:33 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Airline Fleet list Accuracy
Replies: 9
Views: 3406

Re: Airline Fleet list Accuracy

What needs to be accurate, and to what degree? Total count? Count by type? Engine spec? You can certainly check a database like planespotters.net against a U.S. carrier's own disclosures in the 10-Q or annual report. I mean in general. Do these sites follow the fleet movements? Probably the only mo...

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Airline Fleet list Accuracy
Replies: 9
Views: 3406

Airline Fleet list Accuracy

Good day everyone, So I have been doing some research about airlines and what their fleet lists are; and then I started to wonder, just how accurate are sites like airfleets.net and planespotters.net are? Are there others that are better? Finally on these sites, when they list airlines that are inac...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:31 am
Forum: Site Related
Topic: New a.net web site. Is anybody as unimpressed as I am with it?
Replies: 20
Views: 2063

Re: New a.net web site. Is anybody as unimpressed as I am with it?

I cannot stand it. I hate the ads, I hate the watermarks, I hate that the feature telling me how many new photos have been added is gone, and I do not like how it is harder to search for certain aircraft photos. I miss the old site...I wish it would come back

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:48 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Croatia Airlines To Open Regional Bases
Replies: 7
Views: 3215

RE: Croatia Airlines To Open Regional Bases

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Luka" class="quote" target="_blank">Luka</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>because of EU-imposed restructuring </i></f...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Garuda Has Ordered 14 A330NEO
Replies: 9
Views: 7598

RE: Garuda Has Ordered 14 A330NEO

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>The A330neo order is basically a conversio...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:39 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Garuda Has Ordered 14 A330NEO
Replies: 9
Views: 7598

RE: Garuda Has Ordered 14 A330NEO

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/titus95" class="quote" target="_blank">titus95</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i> Does this mean the end of the A350 M...

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by aircanadaa330
Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:29 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Govt Of Canada To Buy 1/3 Stake In CSeries
Replies: 30
Views: 8252

RE: Govt Of Canada To Buy 1/3 Stake In CSeries

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/behramjee" class="quote" target="_blank">behramjee</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>good...now Canada Govt should be as aggr...

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by aircanadaa330
Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AR Restructuring, Ground A340s, Drop BCN, FCO, JFK
Replies: 84
Views: 36377

RE: AR Restructuring, Ground A340s, Drop BCN, FCO, JFK

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jsnww81" class="quote" target="_blank">jsnww81</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>Well it HAS been a few months, so it's time ...

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:42 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Issues With Garuda's CRJ1000's?
Replies: 33
Views: 8616

RE: Garuda Unhappy With CRJ1000 Performance

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mandala499" class="quote" target="_blank">mandala499</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> makes sense...

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:16 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Issues With Garuda's CRJ1000's?
Replies: 33
Views: 8616

RE: Garuda Unhappy With CRJ1000 Performance

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mandala499" class="quote" target="_blank">mandala499</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>LOL! About bloody time! It was the wro...

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by aircanadaa330
Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:54 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Embraer Rolls Out E190-E2 Prototype
Replies: 54
Views: 21383

RE: Embraer Rolls Out E190-E2 Prototype

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JAAlbert" class="quote" target="_blank">JAAlbert</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Those passenger windows seem awfully sma...

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by aircanadaa330
Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:22 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: TS Pilots Overwhelming Vote To Strike
Replies: 12
Views: 5274

RE: TS Pilots Overwhelming Vote To Strike

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Thomaas" class="quote" target="_blank">Thomaas</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="Air Transat (Canada)">TS</ac...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1
Replies: 216
Views: 31693

Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DC10LOVER" class="quote" target="_blank">DC10LOVER</a> (<a href="#159" class="quote">Reply 159</a>):<br/><i>I think confidence will be if / when...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:02 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1
Replies: 216
Views: 31693

Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/enilria" class="quote" target="_blank">enilria</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>I bet <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acro...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:36 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1
Replies: 216
Views: 31693

Air Canada To Order Up To 75 CS300 Jets - Part 1

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KarelXWB" class="quote" target="_blank">KarelXWB</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>The CS300 aircraft will be used to replace...

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by aircanadaa330
Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:35 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Bombardier To Cut 7,000 Jobs
Replies: 6
Views: 2123

RE: Bombardier To Cut 7,000 Jobs

CBC News is reporting that at 11am EST this morning BBD will be having a press conference regarding these cuts, and outlining more details.

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