WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s largest airlines reported only three flights in June with tarmac delays of more than three hours compared to 268 flights in June 2009 and with no increase in the rate of canceled flights, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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TORONTO – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Porter Airlines of Toronto has signed a firm order to acquire four Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has taken options on an additional six Q400 NextGen aircraft.

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ATLANTA — The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing civil penalties ranging from $54,000 to $97,500 against 12 companies for alleged violations of Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations.

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CALGARY – WestJet today announced July 2010 traffic results with a load factor of 80.7 per cent, up 4.3 points year over year. Revenue passenger miles, or traffic, increased 18.2 per cent year over year.

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Boeing Company today announced it will relocate the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program and B-1 Program from Long Beach to Oklahoma City.

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The Russian Federation Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a first-ever cooperative air defense exercise.

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SEATTLE – Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 successfully completed its first flight test in Seattle on July 29. T3 is the P-8A program’s mission-system and weapon-certification aircraft.

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DENALI NATIONAL PARK – The multi-engine cargo plane involved in the Sunday, August 1 accident in Denali National Park was a Fairchild C-123 registered to All West Freight, Inc. of Delta Junction, Alaska.

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LYTTON, BC – On Saturday July 31st, 2010 at approximately 8:30 pm, the Lytton RCMP and other local and provincial emergency services responded to a report of a downed firefighting fixed wing aircraft owned by Conair Ltd.

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19 WING COMOX – An aircraft reported overdue for more than 24 hours was located last night by a CC-115 Buffalo aircraft from 442 Squadron, out of 19 Wing Comox, approximately 35 kilometers south of Dease Lake, BC.

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