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Air Canada goes to court to have the recent Toronto City Centre Airport awards thrown out

Air Canada (Montreal) has asked a Canadian court to throw out the recent awards of slots at Toronto’s downtown City Centre Airport for Air Canada Jazz believing the process was not transparent and was flawed.

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Copyright Photo: TMK Photography. Air Canada wants to get back to City Centre to compete against fast-growing Porter Airlines. Air Canada Jazz (Jazz Air) currently only serves Pearson International Airport. This beautiful rainbow reflective photo shows Jazz Air’s Bombardier DHC-8-102 C-GANI (msn 064) waiting for the next departure at YYZ.

Island Air adds a 30th Anniversary logo

Copyright Photo: Ivan K. Nishimura. A close-up of Bombardier DHC-8-103 N829EX (msn 146) at Honolulu showing the new sticker.

Island Air (Honolulu) has added a special 30th Anniversary logo (to the left of the forward door) to its Bombardier DHC-8-103 N829EX (msn 146).

The company was incorporated as Princeville Airways in 1980ย byย Colorado-based Consolidated Oil and Gas. It began scheduled services on September 9, 1980, between Honolulu and Princeville (a resort town on Kauai)ย using two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. The company served the regular route between Princeville and Honolulu, primarily for Princeville Resort hotel guests.

In May 1987, Consolidated Oil and Gas sold Princeville Airways to the Aloha Air Group, the parent company of Aloha Airlines. Princeville Airways was renamed Aloha IslandAir and served the growing inter-island commuter routes that Aloha Airlines could not accommodate with its Boeing 737s. In June 1992, Aloha IslandAir registered the name of Island Air as its trade name. In 1995, newly renamed Island Air was granted FAA certificationย to operate larger aircraft in the islands.