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ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.'s Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. will unite to fight for lower airport fees now that the rival carriers have settled a two-year legal dispute, ACE Chief Executive Officer Robert Milton said.More...

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ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. is actively considering taking Air Canada public in a bid to establish a realistic value for the national airline's operations, CEO Robert Milton said yesterday.

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Air Canada will resume daily nonstop service between San Diego and Toronto on July 1, airport officials announced Tuesday.

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The Air Canada Pilots Association says it's done its part and Air Canada should reciprocate.

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Once again Newfoundland and Labrador is on the receiving end of a decision that makes absolutely no sense except to cause suffering.

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Bombardier's first-quarter earnings fell after a charge for job cuts at its train-making unit, but business jet deliveries and prices rose, the company said on Tuesday.

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Spanish construction firm Grupo Ferrovial raised its bid for UK airports operator BAA to GBP£9.73 billion (USD$18.26 billion) on Tuesday but BAA said it was still too low.

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The European Union acted illegally when it agreed to transfer airline passenger data to the United States as part of US efforts to fight terrorism, the EU's highest court said on Tuesday.

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HOME-GROWN airlines have seen their share of international travel to and from Australia slashed by a quarter in the past decade under the onslaught of mid-point carriers such as Singapore Airlines and Dubai-based Emirates.

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This is the story of Raghav and Radha (both Mumbaiites) and how their plans to elope to Delhi turned out to be a non-starter. At first, they thought of escaping via Rajdhani train, but they decided to take the aerial route instead, since they had read in the papers that it was now possible to buy flight tickets priced lower than train A/C fares for the same distance.

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The chief executive of Aeroplan (TSX:AER.UN) said Monday the air miles travel operator has several types of acquisitions in mind but stressed they would be pursued only «when the time is right.»

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The Air Canada Pilots Association said Monday it will meet the company (TSX:ACE.B) on June 5 to negotiate pay improvements. The union is aiming to reverse concessions imposed during the airline's bankruptcy proceedings in 2003 and 2004. «Our members have made tremendous sacrifices to transition Air Canada into a long-term, sustainable company,» stated union spokesman Serge Beaulieu.

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