VANCOUVER, BC – A Westjet 737, with 153 people on board, decided to return to the Vancouver Airport today after departing on its flight to Hawaii.

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COQUITLAM, BC – Shortly before 3pm on Tuesday December 29th, 209, the Coquitlam RCMP received a report from Nav Canada that a small 2-seater Cessna 150F with one pilot on board was requesting an emergency landing site in the Coquitlam or Port Coquitlam area.

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DUBAI, U.A.E. – An Emirates’ A380 left Dubai this morning, bound for France and the home of its manufacturer, Airbus, as double-decker flights got underway to Paris.

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Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) will receive a $2.3 million grant from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to rehabilitate a runway critical to the airport’s capacity.

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CALGARY – Due to the new, increased security measures imposed by the Canadian and U.S. transportation authorities, flights to and from the United States continue to be affected by significant delays and in some cases, cancellations.

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OTTAWA – As a result of a suspected terrorist incident on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, additional security measures have been put in place at Canada’s airports for flights to the United States.

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OTTAWA – NAV CANADA reports that a flight plan for an aircraft departing the North Pole on December 24, 2009 has been filed with millions of destinations in Canada and around the world.

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SEATTLE – Boeing and Air Austral announced an order for two Next-Generation 737-800s. The order is valued at $152 million at list prices.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Jamaica in its investigation of an accident involving an American Airlines B737-800 (N977AN) yesterday evening.

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EVERETT, Wash. – The second Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, completed its first flight today. The all-new airplane, which features the livery of the Dreamliner’s launch customer, ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan, took off from Paine Field in Everett, completed a two-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle.

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