TORONTO — Ministers John Baird, James Moore, Jim Prentice, Vic Toews, Christian Paradis and Peter MacKay today announced another vital step forward to ensuring Canada’s aviation system is one of the most safe and efficient, and meets the highest standards in the world.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its continuing investigation of a fire aboard a Boeing 757 that diverted to Dulles Airport enroute to the Los Angeles International airport from New York’s John F. Kennedy International airport, the National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information

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EVERETT, Wash. – The first Boeing 777 Freighter to enter Qatar Airways’ fleet completed a 16-hour flight from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., Delivery Center to Doha, Qatar, and has been placed into service.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $1.55 million civil penalty against Federal Express for allegedly failing to revise its Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program in accordance with FAA regulations.

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SEATTLE, WA – Boeing today announced that it will increase production rates on the Next-Generation 737 program to 34 airplanes per month in early 2012.

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RICHMOND, BC – At 10:43 this morning Richmond RCMP received information of a bomb threat on a Cathay Pacific flight.

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SEATTLE, WA – Boeing and two All Nippon Airways pilots flew the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time Wednesday. The airplane they flew is the first of six flight-test airplanes. The two-hour-and-40-minute flight took place over Washington state.

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Piqua, Ohio – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries to supply its in-development KC-100 aircraft with Hartzell’s proprietary technology ASC-II propellers, as well as its S-Series propeller governors.

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CALGARY, AB – WestJet and Cathay Pacific today launched an inbound interline agreement to connect Cathay Pacific guests into WestJet’s Canadian network.

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HALIFAX – Jazz Air announced today that it is expanding its charter fleet with the addition of a CRJ-200 regional jet. The addition of the CRJ to the Charter fleet will bring to five the number of aircraft that Jazz has available for ad hoc private charter work.

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