OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Canada’s Transport Minister, John Baird and Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport) today announced that the Government of Canada is investing in full body scanners to enhance security at Canadian airports.

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WILMINGTON, Ohio – Air Transport Services Group, Inc. today reported that its subsidiary, ABX Air, Inc. and APA Teamsters Local #1224, which represents its pilots, reached agreement on the disbursement of $75 million provided for under a Severance and Retention Agreement between ABX Air and DHL.

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PHOENIX, AZ – Mesa Air Group, Inc. today announced that it has commenced a financial restructuring through the voluntary filing of petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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PASADENA, Calif. – Tetra Tech, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the $200 million Navigation Technical Assistance Contract (NAVTAC) with the Federal Aviation Administration

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RICHMOND, BC – Richmond’s Helijet International will play a critical emergency role in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games after being awarded a new contract with the BC Ambulance Service to operate two additional Sikorsky S-76 air ambulance helicopters during the Games.

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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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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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