OTTAWA – The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, voiced dismay at recent news media reports indicating that budget cuts have lead to a 25% reduction in force of air marshal personnel in the Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program.

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UPHAM, NM – The New Mexico Spaceport Authority has dedicated the nearly two-mile long “Governor Bill RIchardson Spaceway” at Spaceport America, representing significant progress toward launching commercial customers into space from the desert of New Mexico.

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Bombardier has announced that London Air Services has placed a firm order for a Global 7000 jet, valued at approximately $65 million U.S., based on the 2010 list price of typically equipped aircraft. LAS is the first Canadian operator to place a firm order for corporate aviation’s newest jet.

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SEATTLE – Alaska Airlines launched Aircell’s Gogo Inflight Internet service today on flights between Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska.

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ATLANTA, GA – The National Business Aviation Association offers a wide range of scholarships that encourage young people to seek careers in business aviation.

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ATLANTA, GA – Esterline CMC Electronics’ PilotView Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags have a new capability – real time weather using Iridium.

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ATLANTA, GA – Boeing Business Jets today announced the first certification and installation of Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s in-flight wireless high-speed broadband service, eXConnect, on a Boeing Business Jet 737 aircraft.

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Atlanta, GA – The National Business Aviation Association and Canadian Business Aviation Association announce their partnership on a new Cross-Border Issues Conference. The event will be held November 18 and 19 in Montreal

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ATLANTA – Esterline CMC Electronics has achieved a milestone in production deliveries of its SureSight® Enhanced Flight Vision System sensors, and will ship its 400th EFVS sensor in late October 2010.

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CALGARY, Alberta – Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a nine-year, $273 million (CAD) services contract by the Government of Canada for the CF-18 Avionics Optimized Weapon System Support program.

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