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WWW.WINGSMAGAZINE.COM March/April 2015 | WINGS 3

PHOTOS: PAUL DIXON (TOP); BRIAN LOSITO, AIR CANADA (LEFT TOP); CANADA JETLINES (LEFT BOTTOM)


COVER PHOTO: BRIAN LOSITO, AIR CANADA

Saluting the MART team (l to r): Pilot Simon Pearce; senior technician Owen Rusticus; senior technician Bob Whitaker;
and Pilot Susan Baumeler.

MARCH/APRIL 2015

18 IN NEED OF REFINEMENT


CAC president Daniel-Robert Gooch seeks to


redefine the Canadian Air Transport model


BY DAVID CARR

23 OPERATING IN THE RIGHT SPACE


Fortunes soar at aerospace leader MacDonald Dettwiler


and Associates (MDA)


BY BRIAN DUNN

26 STAYING UNDER A WATCHFUL EYE


Space-based ADS-B is launching a new era


of global air traffic surveillance


BY JAMES MARASA

30 ENSURING THE COAST IS CLEAN


The NASP’s dedicated MART team is working


to squash polluters


BY PAUL DIXON

35 WHEN BIGGER IS INDEED BETTER


NextGen Bizjets offer comfort, speed and range


BY FREDERICK K. LARKIN

FEATURES


5 Leading edge
An impressive first
impression

8 On the fly
News and opinion

14 Alternate approach
The finer points of
fuelonomics

15 At the gate
Increasing its range

16 Glidepath
Will new ULCC brands
fly in Canada?

17 CIA Hamilton


UPFRONT


BACK


46 Marketplace


50 On final
The air taxi commitment

From top:
The finer points of fuelonomics P. 14
Will new ULCC brands fly in Canada?
P. 16
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