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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OTTAWA, ONTARIO – To the delight of children across the country, Transport Canada announced today that Santa has passed his mandatory pre-flight medical test.

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PRINCE GEORGE, BC – Fire investigators and RCMP Forensic experts continued to sift through the rubble today, of what was once the NT Air Hangar at the Prince George Airport.

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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a new rule that significantly strengthens protections afforded to consumers by, among other things, establishing a hard time limit after which U.S. airlines must allow passengers to deplane from domestic flights.

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OTTAWA – NAV CANADA today announced its traffic figures for the month of November 2009 as measured in weighted charging units for en-route, terminal and oceanic air navigation services, in comparison to the last fiscal year.

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SEATTLE – Boeing and ANA (All Nippon Airways) has announced an order for five 777-200ER (Extended Range) and five 767-300ER jetliners. The order is valued at approximately $2 billion at list prices.

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SEATTLE – Boeing said today it has acquired Alenia North America’s half of Global Aeronautica, LLC, a South Carolina fuselage subassembly facility for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner

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