> >Air Canada Secures USD$60 Million Heavy Maintenance Agreement > > > > > > MONTREAL, March 12 /CNW/ - Air Canada today announced that it has secured >a five-year, USD$60 million agreement for the comprehensive maintenance and >repair of Atlantic Coast Airlines' fleet of Canadair Regional Jets. The >contract came into effect February 22, 2002. This agreement comes six months >after Atlantic Coast Airlines awarded a 16-year USD$285 million contract to >Air Canada Technical Services for the maintenance and repair of components for >their Canadair Regional Jet fleet. > Maintenance work will be performed at Air Canada's Dorval Maintenance >Center located at the airline's headquarters in Montreal. Atlantic Coast >Airlines' CRJ fleet is expected to grow to at least 96 aircraft by the end of >2003. > "This nose-to-tail heavy maintenance agreement with Atlantic Coast >Airlines is consistent with our business strategy to become a full service >leader in maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) for large fleet operators in >North America," said Robin Wohnsigl, President, Air Canada Technical Services. >"The additional heavy maintenance program brings us one step closer to >demonstrating the benefits of the one-stop shop concept for servicing large >regional jet fleets." > Air Canada Technical Services is responsible for the maintenance, >engineering, repair, supply and purchasing to support Air Canada's mainline >fleet of more than 220 aircraft, as well as third party technical services, in >five maintenance categories: airframes, engines, components, line and aircraft >cabins. Air Canada Technical Services employs approximately 8000 staff in >Canada, the U.S. and Europe, with four major maintenance base centers located >in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. > Atlantic Coast Airlines serves 64 destinations in the United States and >Canada with over 760 daily flights. The airline operates in conjunction with >United Airlines as a United Express carrier out of Washington Dulles and >Chicago O'Hare, and with Delta Air Lines as a Delta Connection partner with >flights from New York LaGuardia, Boston and Cincinnati. In addition to the CRJ >fleet, the company also operates a number of Fairchild Dornier 328JETs as well >as Jetstream-41 turboprop aircraft. > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca yahoo email: mailto:triniroj@yahoo.com Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBSC Group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caribsocabrass CBSC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ ******************************************************* Steel Expressions Orch http://www.escape.ca/~ejames/se/ email #1: mailto:steelexpressions@yahoo.com email #2: mailto:steelexpressions@home.com ******************************************************* The Trinbago Site of the Week: (TCL) http://www.tclgroup.com/ (TCL Group of Companies) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://195.224.187.36/ *********************************************************