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Bombardier is one of the aviation companies that has been energized by rising demand for small jets with listening systems once reserved for bigger planes.
Luxury jet makers battle over lucrative spy plane niche
By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher
Reuters
MONTREAL/PARIS (Reuters) - Last month, a ghostly grey business jet took off from central Sweden and headed across the Baltic on a routine spying mission.
The converted Gulfstream, caught on a tracking website, was flown by the Swedish Air Force and patrolled an area thick with Russian radar signals off the militarised coast of Kaliningrad.
Apart from a couple of unobtrusive bulges underneath, Sweden s two Gulfstream-based S102B Korpen spy planes look like any other sleek corporate jet.
But inside, the Swedish jets and a growing fleet of newer corporate aircraft contain the eyes and ears of a relentless intelligence war.
Canada s Cargojet tells pilots it may shift some work to U.S. Reuters 1 hr ago
May 13 (Reuters) - Canada s Cargojet Inc has threatened to move work to the United States unless it wins exemption from rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue because of their cost, according to a deal rejected by its pilots seen by Reuters.
Cargojet has said it wants to reduce costs and grow in the United States as Canada s largest cargo carrier benefits from an increase in air freight demand due to a decline in belly capacity” from passenger aircraft grounded during the pandemic.
The Ontario-based company, which reported 30% higher quarterly revenues this month, has hired more than 60 pilots in the past three to four months to meet stronger demand and comply with Canadian rules that went into effect in December. Those shorten the number of hours pilots can work at night and extend their rest periods, among other conditions.
Air Canada reports a wider loss as COVID-19 restrictions limit travel
05/07/2021 | 10:56am EDT
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(Reuters) -Air Canada on Friday reported its fifth straight quarterly loss as tough government restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 weighed on air travel and drove the company to secure a C$5.9 billion ($4.84 billion) government aid package.
Speaking on an investor call, Air Canada executives said they assume the country s travel restrictions - which have been more strict than those implemented in neighboring United States - will ease somewhat by the fourth quarter.
Once that happens, they said travel patterns should be similar to those in the United States, where a fast vaccine rollout and falling numbers of COVID-19 cases have driven a surge in travel demand.