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Chorus Aviation posts a lower second profit on higher revenues

Air Canada Jazz (Jazz Air) Bombardier DHC-8-102 C-GANI (msn 064) YYZ (TMK Photography), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Chorus Aviation (Halifax), the holding company for Jazz Aviation, reported net income in the second quarter was C$16.9 million, or 14 cents per share.

Read the full report form the Winnipeg Free Press: CLICK HERE

Air Canada Jazz Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Air Canada Jazz (now Air Canada Regional) Route Map:

Chorus Aviation posts a $14.7 million first quarter net profit, Jazz takes delivery of the first Q400

Air Canada Express (Jazz Aviation LP) Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) C-GGOY (msn 4365) YUL (1st Jazz Q400 is painted), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Chorus Aviation Inc. (Halifax) today announced its first quarter 2011 earnings with a net income of C$14.7 million and net income per share of C$0.12.

In other news, Jazz Aviation LP (Halifax) on May 26 took delivery of this first of fifteen Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) NextGen aircraft. These new aircraft will be added to Jazz’s fleet over the coming months with the final airplane arriving in July 2012. Jazz also has options for an additional 15 aircraft.

Jazz’s Q400 NextGen aircraft accommodates 74 passengers in a single cabin configuration featuring all-leather seating. This turboprop airliner is the most recent development in the evolution of the original Q400 aircraft. The Q400 NextGen features an enhanced cabin environment with the introduction of LED lighting, new ceiling panels, dished window sidewalls and larger overhead luggage bins. These features, combined with the Active Noise and Vibration Suppression (ANVS) system, provide for an excellent cabin experience.

The first 15 Q400 NextGen turboprops will replace 15 50-seat regional jets. The first flight DHC-8-402 C-GGOY (msn 4365) is scheduled to operate as flight AC 8910 from Toronto to Quebec City, departing at 0700, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Jazz Aviation officially started operating as Air Canada Express on June 1, 2011.

The first Jazz Bombardier Q400 is painted

Air Canada Express (Jazz Air-Chorus Aviation) Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) C-GGOY (msn 4365) YUL (1st Jazz Q400 is painted), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Jazz Air (Chorus Aviation) (Air Canada Express) (Air Canada Jazz) (Halifax) will soon take delivery of its first (of 15) new Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400). C-GGOY (msn 4365) has now been painted in the new Air Canada Express brand.

Air Canada Jazz Slide Show: CLICK HERE

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Jazz Air Income Fund to become Chorus Aviation

Air Canada Jazz Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) C-GZJA (msn 8018) (orange) IAD (Brian McDonough), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Jazz Air Income Fund (Halifax) yesterday (November 10) announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted a final order approving the plan of arrangement providing for the conversion from an income trust to a corporate structure.

Once completed, the transaction will result in the conversion of the Jazz Air Income Fund to a dividend paying public corporation to be named Chorus Aviation Inc., with the trading symbols on the Toronto Stock Exchange of CHR.A, CHR.B and CHR.DB. Per the conversion, Fund unitholders will receive one share of Chorus for each unit held.