Air Canada

In the seemingly never-ending march toward July 1, 2010, free agents-to-be Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade have taken different approaches. Wade, the Miami Heat star guard, happily answers the 2010 queries. Bosh, the Raptors forward, is more reserved.

I have to sell the team. The city sells itself. It's self-explanatory   -Dwyane Wade

 

W ith a hard hat, safety vest and steel-toed shoes setting off his elegant suit, Robert Deluce surveys the battle scene with satisfaction. It's only a vast expanse of concrete floor right now, but it will soon be the new terminal of Canada's fastest-growing airport. And it is here, at Toronto City Centre Airport, that Mr. Deluce, the chief executive officer of Porter Airlines Inc., plans to triumph doing exactly what has felled many a small airline – competing head-on with Air Canada.

He's the little guy from Timmins, Ontario. He's got that folksy Jean Chrétien way about him   -Rick Erickson

 

Airline pilots say Transport Canada didn't provide the whole picture when it told the international aviation safety body that 13-year-old Canadian standards to combat pilot fatigue meet new global rules. The new directive for countries to have regulations to set flight and duty time limits and rest requirements for pilots based on science came into effect on Thursday — the same day Transport Canada sent a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization saying that current rules in Canada satisfy

I don't see how they can say that because to the best or our knowledge, there's no scientific basis for our duty regulations to being with. They were developed in the 1940s   -Paul Strachan

 

The initial January testing period for Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet service will be limited to Air Canada's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes. Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet service—which recently celebrated its 1 millionth customer—has begun test trials on Air Canada's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes. "Following the test period, which runs until Jan. 29, 2010, Air Canada will analyze usage and customer feedback before it proceeds with introduction of the serv  

Air Canada announced Friday it had started in-flight internet service trials on some flights, becoming the first Canadian carrier to offer the service. Flights from Toronto and Montreal to Los Angeles will undergo a10-week trial until January 2010. After that, the airline will consider expanding the service to other routes.

Air Canada is the first Canadian airline to begin offering customers access to the internet while they are flying   -Louise McKenven

 

Air Canada said today it has begun trials to offer its customers Gogo(R) Inflight Internet service on board select flights on the carrier's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes. "Air Canada is the first Canadian airline to begin offering customers access to the internet while they are flying," said Louise McKenven, Senior Director, Marketing, at Air Canada. "With this service, our customers will be able to email, work and surf the net while flying, and more fully enjoy what is already a s

Air Canada is the first Canadian airline to begin offering customers access to the internet while they are flying   -Louise McKenven

 

Air Canada said Thursday it has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Toronto and Los Angeles. The service will cost $9.95 per flight for customers with a laptop computer and $7.95 for a personal electronic device. The airline said the test will run until Jan. 29, and then it will decide whether to offer the service on other routes.  

O n a June evening in 2005, Air Canada Jazz Flight 8105 was carrying 64 passengers from Houston to Calgary when, just after crossing the border, the plane began to vibrate. The control column shook and an alarm sounded in the cockpit. The plane tumbled into a dive, stabilized, then dove again.  

Vancouver Airport Authority today announced its 2010 Winter Games operational plans which include the permanent addition of new snow removal and de-icing resources, a two-fold increase in volunteers, and programs to manage significant volumes of passengers and oversized baggage. A full-scale de-icing exercise took place on an Air Canada Boeing 767 to demonstrate the new winter operations equipment. YVR's plans are based on an additional 231,000 passengers forecast to travel through the airport during th

Every department at Air Canada is involved in preparations for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games   -Lisa Pierce