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Dura Vermeer and Imtech: 75 million Euro maintenance contract for Schiphol runways

Hoofddorp/Gouda, Netherlands November 3, 2006 - Construction company Dura Vermeer and technical services provider Imtech have jointly acquired a 3-year contract for maintaining and improving the infrastructure on and around all the runways at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam/Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands. The contract will run for three years and can amount to 75 million Euro.

Schiphol Airport - one of the largest airports in Europe with over 45 million passengers per year - has developed a Plan of Action with the aim of increasing the airport's capacity, optimizing business efficiency, eliminating operational disruptions and reducing total maintenance costs. As part of this Plan, the maintenance of the airport's infrastructure is to be outsourced for a longer period of time to a limited number of strategic partners.

Dura Vermeer (Infrastructure Division) and Imtech (Imtech Infra), which both have been active in and around the airport for decades, entered into a partnership, each with a 50% share. They have been selected by means of a Europe-wide tender to be Schiphol's strategic partner for the maintenance and improvement of all runways, taxiways and roads at the airport.

Together with Schiphol, the combination is responsible, among other things, for developing a maintenance strategy, introducing innovative products and processes, monitoring runway availability, engineering, data processing, management reports, performing preventive and corrective maintenance and dealing with malfunctions. For this purpose, Dura Vermeer and Imtech, in co-operation with Schiphol Airport, have developed an Asset Airport Concept in which the key words are: co-operation, innovation, efficiency and safety. The three-year contract contains two optional continuations, each for one year successively.

Dura Vermeer will focus on the structural infrastructure, such as tarmac, markings, water management and greenery. Imtech will concentrate on the technological infrastructure, such as the runway lights, lighting of the other roadways, power supplies and all the technical facilities at the runway stations.

Ottawa November 1, 2006 - The Honorable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities today announced the appointment of Mr. Howard Bruce to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.

"I am delighted that Mr. Bruce has agreed to serve in this role," said Minister Cannon. "His experience in transportation law will greatly benefit the work of the tribunal."

Mr. Howard Bruce obtained a bachelor of political science and studied law at the University of Ottawa. He currently is an in-house lawyer for Devimco Inc., a real estate consortium. Since 1992, Mr. Bruce has entered into private practice, and has been a partner with a number of law firms. He has practiced law at all Quebec court levels, in various fields of practice, including civil, corporate, criminal, transportation and real estate law. Mr. Bruce has been appointed to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada for three years.

The Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada, formerly the Civil Aviation Tribunal, provides an independent review process for anyone who has been given notice of an administrative or enforcement action taken by the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities; railway safety inspectors or the Canadian Transportation Agency under various federal transportation Acts.

Washington November 1, 2006 - National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has assigned investigators to look into three recent incidents involving airliners, two at Newark Liberty International Airport and another in Seattle.

Newark Liberty International Airport, October 28

On Saturday evening, October 28, Continental Airlines flight 1883, a Boeing 757 arriving from Orlando, Florida, landed on taxiway Zulu rather than runway 29, which parallel's the taxiway, following a circle-to-land instrument approach. There were no injuries to the 152 persons aboard nor damage to the aircraft. Jill Andrews from the Board's Parsippany, New Jersey regional office is the Investigator-in-Charge of this incident. The NTSB identification number for this incident is NYC07IA015.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, October 30

On Monday morning, October 30, Alaska Airlines flight 61, a Boeing 737, took off from runway 34 right, instead of the assigned runway 34 center, at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. There were no injuries or damage, and the flight continued uneventfully to Juneau, Alaska. Joseph Sedor from the NTSB's Major Investigations Division has been assigned as Investigator-in-Charge. The NTSB identification number for this incident is DCA07IA008.

Newark Liberty International Airport, October 31

On Tuesday evening, October 31, the left wingtip of Lufthansa flight 403, a Boeing 747 that was taxiing for takeoff, struck the right wingtip of a Continental Airlines 757 that was being towed. There were 313 persons aboard the Lufthansa aircraft; there were no passengers aboard the 757. No injuries were reported and minor damage was noted on the 747's wingtip. Paul Cox from the NTSB's Ashburn, Virginia regional office has been assigned as Investigator-in-Charge. The NTSB identification number for this incident investigation is NYC07IA017.

Preliminary reports for all of these incidents will be available shortly on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov. Investigators will interview crewmembers, obtain air traffic control data, and analyze information from flight recorders from all of these incidents.

Jazz provides update on wage review arbitration process

Halifax November 1, 2006 - Air Canada Jazz stated that Arbitrator Michel Picher has released his wage re-opener award for approximately 740 Jazz flight attendants represented by Teamsters Canada.

Aside from modest fixed adjustments to the scales applicable to employees hired after July 31, 2003, Mr. Picher's award granted Teamsters-represented employees a 1% wage increase effective June 1, 2006, 1.75% effective June 1, 2007 and 1.75% effective June 1, 2008. Picher's award also resolved the outstanding issue of profit sharing for the flight attendants represented by Teamsters Canada, who are now eligible to receive the full profit sharing payout.

In July, Arbitrator Michel Picher awarded the 1,660 employees represented by the CAW a 1% wage increase effective July 2006, 1.75% effective July 2007 and a 1.75 % increase effective July 2008. At that time, Mr. Picher also granted modest fixed adjustments to the scales applicable to CAW-represented employees hired after July 31, 2003.

The Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Association (CALDA), which represents the airline's 54 dispatchers, has been in discussion with the Company, but has yet to conclude an agreement. The collective agreement negotiated in 2003 with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), representing Jazz's approximate 1,300 pilots does not contain a wage re-opener provision.

Montreal November 1, 2006 - Air Canada announced today that Arbitrator Douglas Stanley has issued his wage review award covering approximately 3,100 pilots represented by the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA). The arbitration, dealing exclusively with adjustment to the hourly wage rate and with certain pension issues, was conducted pursuant to a provision in collective agreements reached between the Company and its unions in 2003.

Mr. Stanley's award granted ACPA-represented pilots a 2% wage increase effective July 2006, 1.75 % effective July 2007 and 1.75 % effective July 2008. The award did not provide for any adjustments to pensions.

Arbitration awards have now been received for all major labor groups except CUPE.

Negotiations with CUPE, which represents the airline's approximate 6,000 flight attendants, have now moved to arbitration.

Salt Lake City November 1, 2006 - Sorenson Communications™ today announced it has installed videophone booths for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals at a public airport for the first time, locating one booth in each of Salt Lake City International Airport’s two baggage claim areas. The innovative videophone booths, most often installed in deaf schools and community access centers, make communication between the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and the hearing world easier than ever.

The videophone booths connect deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to a nationwide network of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters who facilitate conversations for them with hearing individuals by way of a Sorenson VP-200™ videophone appliance and the Sorenson Video Relay Service®. This video relay service is a breakthrough for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals whose primary language is ASL because it allows them to use their own native language during calls to hearing individuals.

Becoming the first U.S. airport to have videophone booths available for deaf and hard-of-hearing travelers is a direct reflection of Salt Lake City International Airport’s goal of making accessibility a priority. "We are pleased to work with Sorenson Communications to make their videophone booths available to deaf individuals—especially athletes and fans who will use the airport during the Deaflympics this winter," said Russ Pack, acting director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports.

"This is a notable step for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. We appreciate the airport’s support in making video relay services available to travelers," said Patrick Nola, president and CEO of Sorenson Communications. "We also recognize the airport’s generosity in making the necessary high-speed Internet connections available and for maintaining them for use in the videophone booths.

"In the hearing community, we take for granted the availability of public telephones when we travel," Nola said. "Telephones are an important tool for all travelers needing to solve unexpected problems that may arise and for reassuring family and friends by remaining in communication while on the road."

To use a videophone booth, a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual enters a private booth equipped with a Sorenson VP-200 videophone connected to both a television and high-speed Internet. He or she enters the phone number of the hearing individual being called. Through the Sorenson Video Relay Service, a qualified ASL interpreter appears on the screen, connects the individuals and relays the conversation between them. The hearing party receiving the call uses a standard phone line.

Ottawa November 1, 2006 - NAV CANADA is celebrating its first decade as the owner and operator of Canada's civil air navigation system, providing air traffic control, flight information and many other services. On November 1, 1996, NAV CANADA purchased the system from the federal government for $1.5 billion.

"In 10 short years, we have improved safety, reduced system delays, added some 250 operational air traffic controllers to the centers and towers throughout the system, invested $1 billion in new technology and facilities, controlled our costs and ensured a strong financial foundation," said John Crichton, President & CEO. "And we have become recognized as a leading provider of advanced air traffic management technology to other air navigation service providers around the world.

"None of this would have been possible without the collective talent and dedication of NAV CANADA staff across the country - a team of 5,300 employees dedicated to moving aircraft safely and efficiently, with minimal delays and at a reasonable cost."

In its first decade, NAV CANADA reduced its rate of "losses of separation" for aircraft that are being provided with air traffic control service. This rate fell from 1.36 per 100,000 aircraft movements in 1996 to 0.77 in 2006.

"Safety improvements are due to effective collaboration with customers and industry partners, but also to our success in adding operational staff, as well as the application of new technology such as our automated conflict alert system," said Kathy Fox, Vice President, Operations. "However, we will never be complacent about safety, and our intention is to make this safe system even safer."

The technology NAV CANADA has developed at home to enhance safety and service is also in demand abroad. National Air Traffic Services (UK NATS) is in the process of installing NAV CANADA electronic flight data technology in another control tower in the UK, this time at Luton Airport near London.

The technology, providing "paperless" flight data processing and display for air traffic controllers, is known as the Extended Computer Display System, or EXCDS. This is the third control tower in the U.K. to implement EXCDS, following Stansted and Gatwick, with Heathrow to come online next spring. EXCDS was also sold to Naviair, the Danish air navigation service provider, earlier this year for Copenhagen Airport.

UK NATS will also soon be implementing a new oceanic air traffic control system that was developed with assistance from NAV CANADA and was based on the Gander Automated Air Traffic System (GAATS) in use at the area control center in Gander, Newfoundland.

At the same time, NAV CANADA is moving to a new satellite-based technology for air traffic surveillance known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), focusing initially on Canada's North. Six ADS-B ground stations will be installed on the Hudson Bay shoreline providing surveillance covering 250,000 square nautical miles of airspace that sees some 35,000 flights per year.

Direct controller-pilot voice communications will also be deployed as a complement to ADS-B. There is currently no radar coverage in this area, with limited communications capability.

"The initial deployment, representing an investment of $10 million, promises to reduce customer costs through more flexible and fuel-efficient flight routes," Crichton said.

ADS-B will be implemented in the Hudson Bay Basin in 2007-2008. Subsequent phases will see ADS-B deployed, along with direct controller-pilot communications, in the rest of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Northern BC, and eventually in the southern domestic airspace as a replacement for or complement to radar.

The Company's investment in new technology, improved procedures and other initiatives have cut aircraft operating expenses by reducing costly delays and allowing for more efficient flight routes. Annual savings for airlines and aircraft owners and operators are estimated to be in the order of $100 million annually.

NAV CANADA service charges, applicable to airlines and the owners and operators of aircraft, have risen by about 10 per cent on average since they were fully introduced in 1999 - 10 percentage points below inflation.

On a per passenger basis, NAV CANADA charges are at least 20 per cent lower than the Air Transportation Tax they replaced.

NAV CANADA charges were reduced by an average of 1.8 per cent on September 1, 2006. Said Crichton: "As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, I want to thank our employees, customers and all of our stakeholders for the work we have done together to keep the aircraft flying more safely than ever before, while providing top-notch service at a reasonable price. There is still a great deal more we can do, and our commitment is to raise the bar even higher over the next 10 years."

Montreal PQ November 1, 2006 - Bombardier Aerospace, a market leader in China for regional and business aircraft, is participating in the sixth China International Aviation and Aerospace Exposition (Air Show China 2006), being held in Zhuhai, People’s Republic of China from October 31 to November 5.

The Bombardier exhibit is located in Hall 1, B2-3 at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Center.

Currently, seven commercial airlines and government agencies in China operate a total of 35 Bombardier regional aircraft, flying domestic and international routes. The airlines include China Eastern Yunnan Airlines, CR Airways, China Express, Shandong Airlines and Shanghai Airlines. In addition, China United Airlines and China Ocean Aviation operate Bombardier Challenger 850 and Challenger 870 aircraft configured as personnel shuttle aircraft. They are variants of the CRJ200 and CRJ700 regional jets respectively.

"We are extremely proud of our relationship with these leading Chinese airlines," said Steve Crowley, Vice-President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Regional Aircraft. "We are delighted that our aircraft are making a positive contribution to the growth and prosperity of our customers. We are also proud of the role our aircraft are playing as China continues to develop its regional aviation infrastructure."

Bombardier Aerospace regional aircraft are supported from the Bombardier spare parts depot in Beijing, reducing the time required to ship parts to the aircraft operator.

Earlier in 2006, Bombardier appointed Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Ltd. (STAECO) of Jinan as Bombardier’s first recognized heavy maintenance facility in Asia. More recently, Bombardier signed an agreement with Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) under which it has transferred production of some Q400 aircraft components to the Chinese company.

Bombardier Business Aircraft is also a leader in the Asia-Pacific region and is displaying a widebody Challenger 604 business jet at the event.

The Challenger 604 business jet offers proven mission flexibility and the widest cabin of any true business jet available today. Certified for civil operation in 45 countries, it has established a proven track record for dependability, reliability and outstanding value, making it the best-selling jet in the large-size category. In October 2006, Bombardier received regulatory approvals from Transport Canada (TC), European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the new Challenger 605 – the next generation of the popular large category business aircraft.

The Challenger 605 jet operates at maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.82 (870 km/h), and offers an increased payload capacity of 200 pounds (91 kg), with up to 12 passengers, under certain operating conditions. The aircraft is equipped with the Rockwell Collins ProLine 21 avionics suite that supports real-time satellite graphical weather and electronic charts to enhance situational awareness and reduce pilot workload, and features a state-of-the-art Ethernet-based Cabin Electronic System.

"The past five years have been extremely strong for business aircraft sales in Asia-Pacific," said David Dixon, Hong Kong-based Regional Vice-President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Business Aircraft. "We delivered 26 of the 90 aircraft in the region for 29 per cent market share – spearheaded by the Global Express, which has captured 68 per cent of the ultra long-range market segment."

Bombardier’s premier business jet charter program, Skyjet International, offers access to over 950 jets worldwide, a growing international network and a range of innovative turnkey travel solutions. Bombardier Skyjet International has an unmatched capacity to serve the vast reaches of the Asia-Pacific region, where it is rapidly expanding its presence.

Bombardier is also promoting its proposed CSeries, a 90- to 149-seat jetliner that would enter service in 2013. Bombardier continues to discuss the project with potential partners and customers. With the projected lowest operating costs in its class, the CSeries would provide Chinese operators with an ideal solution for their route networks. Its exceptional range and hot weather-high altitude capabilities will be a significant advantage in the Chinese market place.

Singapore November 1, 2006 - Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace), has been awarded a US$635m (approximately $1b) contract by Airbus to provide Total Aviation Support for a US airline. The agreement, which spans 12 years from 2007, covers aircraft line and light maintenance, components management and support, engineering and technical services for the fleet of up to 66 Airbus A320 family of aircraft.

This contract is not expected to have any material impact on the consolidated net tangible assets per share and earnings per share of ST Engineering for the current financial year.

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