YVR ushered in the Year of the Dreamliner with Japan Airlines’ announcement that it will begin Boeing 787 operations on its daily non-stop service between YVR and Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT), beginning Monday, February 3, 2014. This inaugural will mark the first-ever scheduled arrival of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to YVR. “Metro Vancouver’s community of […]
Canada re-opens parent and grandparent immigration program
Over the first six months of 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) admitted 45,000 permanent residents to Canada in the Family Class (FC). This represented an increase of 40 per cent over the first six months of 2012. The increase has been attributed by CIC to a doubling of admissions in the Parent and Grandparent […]
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KLM Wannagives allows travellers to surprise family and friends
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now providing a unique gifting service KLM Wannagives on its intercontinental and long distance European flights. With this service KLM allows people to surprise a travelling friend or family member with a present at an altitude of 9,000 metres. Via the webshop klm.com/wannagives, KLM offers a varied assortment of attentions: […]
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Federal government proposes new electronic travel application
The Canadian Airports Council (CAC) is urging the federal government to take a “light touch” approach to its proposed electronic travel authorization (eTA) requirement, under which millions of visitors to Canada would have to successfully apply before arriving to Canada by air. Under the new rules, all foreign nationals travelling from visa exempt countries, other […]
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Full image of Smaug dragon graces Air New Zealand’s 777-300
In celebration of the second movie in the Hobbit trilogy, Air New Zealand recently unveiled a 54-metre image of the dragon Smaug on one of its Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The unveiling was the first time fans got a chance to see director Peter Jackson’s interpretation of Smaug. In the first Hobbit movie, the director revealed […]
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Aviation Quotes
The helicopter is probably the most versatile instrument ever invented by man. It approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind’s ancient dreams of the flying horse and the magic carpet. — Igor Ivanovitch Sikorsky, comment on 20th anniversary of the helicopter’s first flight, September 13, 1959.
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California Restaurant Month spans 40 destinations in 2014
Throughout January 2014, California restaurants are offering special restaurant week or month-long dining promotions that feature gourmet prix-fixe menus, wine-pairing opportunities and more as part of this Visit California-led promotion. The 11 new destinations for 2014 are Amador County, Calaveras County, Catalina Island, Escondido, Gilroy, South Lake Tahoe, Manhattan Beach, Stockton, Suisun City, Ventura and […]
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Boeing launches 777X with record-breaking orders
Boeing’s participation at the November 2013 Dubai Airshow was marked by the launch of the 777X—the world’s largest twin-engine jetliner—and the announcement of historic orders and new strategic agreements signed with key partners in the Middle East and around the world. Boeing chairman, president and chief executive officer Jim McNerney launched the 777X with 259 […]
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New aviation agreement between Canada and Taiwan
An agreement signed between Taiwan and Canada in November 2013 will expand the number of direct flights between the two countries and increase available seating capacity Under the agreement signed by Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) director-general Jean Sen and Canadian Trade Office in Taipei executive director Kathleen Mackay, the number of passenger flights connecting […]
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Bombardier to establish maintenance facility in China
Bombardier Aerospace and the Tianjin Airport Economic Area have signed a letter of agreement to increase aircraft maintenance services in Mainland China. The agreement is a first step toward the creation of a joint venture, which is intended to result in the construction of a maintenance facility in 2016. Located in Tianjin, China, the facility […]
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Harbour Air’s first land-based aircraft
Harbour Air has expanded beyond sea-planes and purchased its first wheeled aircraft, a Pilatus PC-12, single-engine turboprop. Tantalus Air, the newest member of the Harbour Air family of companies, will offer private charter flights in the Pilatus PC-12, which has seating for up to eight passengers. In addition to being a fast, comfortable and easily […]
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