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ETT - Aerospace News
By: Martin Cash (December 2, 2009)
DESPITE a 50 per cent decline in global business jet sales and a net loss of about $11 billion by airlines around the world, Manitoba's aerospace industry expects to still reach higher revenue heights this year. A Conference Board of Canada report issued Tuesday on the Canadian aerospace industry...More
By: Martin Cash (April 19, 2009)
Summary: The Canadian aerospace industry is celebrating 100 years of flight this year, and next month, the Western Aerospace Alliance will hold its conference in Winnipeg touting the theme Proud Past: Strong Future...More
By: Martin Cash (April 19, 2009)
Summary: MicroPilot may not be the largest company in Manitoba, but its reach is one of the most significant...Apart from the Canadian Wheat Board, MicroPilot may be the only company in the province with customers in 60 countries...More
By: Martin Cash (April 19, 2009)
Summary: Just as Manitoba's diversified economy is shielding the city from the harsher effects of the current economic downturn, Winnipeg's StandardAero has its own internal recession-busting features...The Winnipeg company is now the largest independent small and medium-sized gas turbine engine maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) operation in the world...More
By: Martin Cash (April 17, 2009)
Summary: INDUSTRY officials say a newly announced aerospace engine test centre in Thompson is needed because existing facilities around the world are wearing out and are increasingly expensive to operate... (CanETREC) is building a $40-million cold weather aerospace engine test centre in Thompson with the assistance of $13.4 million from the federal government and a $9-million repayable loan from the province....Two of the world's largest aerospace engine manufacturers -- Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney -- are also partners and co-owners of the facility...More
