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Learjet 75 Aircraft and Global 6000 Jet Take Centre Stage with NBAA 2012 Debut

Bombardier Aerospace announced that its Learjet 75 aircraft and Global 6000 ultra long-range jet will make their National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) debuts at this year’s 65th annual conference and exhibition in...


Modernization of Paris-Orly AĆ©roports De Paris Presents the Future Face of the Airport

Pierre Graff, Chairman and CEO of AĆ©roports de Paris and Franck Mereyde, Managing Director of Paris-Orly airport presented this morning a major modernisation project for Paris-Orly Airport, planned as part of the Horizon 2020 ...



WestJet Announces Name of Its New Regional Airline

Following a vote by WestJetters, WestJet today announced that the name of its new regional airline will be WestJet Encore. The regional airline will launch in the second half of 2013, using Bombardier Q400 aircraft to serve sma...


Bombardier Delivers First CRJ1000 NextGen Aircraft to Garuda Indonesia

Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of six CRJ1000 NextGen regional jets ordered by PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, the aircraft’s launch customer in the Asia-Pacific region. The Indonesian flag carrier also ...



Heathrow Says BAA Name No Longer Relevant

  Heathrow airport, owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, is scrapping the BAA name, saying that its forced focus on its flagship airport makes the national origins of the BAA name redundant. BAA, originally short for British ...


AirAsia Scraps Deal To Buy Batavia Air

  AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget carrier, has scrapped an USD$80 million deal to buy Indonesia’s Batavia Air because the move would have carried too many risks, AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes said...