{"id":15373,"date":"2011-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skiesmag.com\/features\/discovery-air-technical-services-inc-announces-multi-year-contract-with-air-creebec-inc-for-dash-8-fleet-maintenance-html\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T14:38:19","slug":"discovery-air-technical-services-inc-announces-multi-year-contract-with-air-creebec-inc-for-dash-8-fleet-maintenance-html","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/press-releases\/discovery-air-technical-services-inc-announces-multi-year-contract-with-air-creebec-inc-for-dash-8-fleet-maintenance-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Air Technical Services Inc. announces multi-year contract with Air Creebec Inc. for Dash-8 fleet maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mhm-old-import\">Quebec City, May 10, 2011 &#8211; Discovery Air Technical Services (DATS), a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Discovery Air Inc., is pleased to announce  it has signed a Dash 8 fleet maintenance agreement with Air Creebec.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> Marty Boisvert, Director of Maintenance for Air Creebec said: &#8220;We are  pleased to return to Quebec City for the maintenance of our aircraft.&nbsp;  The extensive experience of DATS technicians is second to none in the  industry.&nbsp; We look forward to introducing our first aircraft in Quebec  in the coming month.&#8221; &#8220;We are pleased to add Air Creebec as our newest  family member and launch customer for the Dash 8 aircraft, said Remy  St-Martin, DATS Vice President Commercial Services.&nbsp; &#8220;We are proving  once again that our strength is our experience. We look forward to  exceeding Air Creebec expectations in the areas of quality, value, and  timeliness.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>DATS&#8217; personnel hold qualifications on a large number of regional  aircraft including the DASH 8, SAAB 340, ERJ 135\/145, CRJ 100\/200 and  Boeing 737. DATS&#8217; well-equipped maintenance facility enables the  delivery of an extensive range of capabilities including welding,  avionics, engineering, machining, heat treatment, composite and sheet  metal repairs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ABOUT AIR CREEBEC INC<\/span><br \/> Air Creebec Inc. is a wholly owned Cree regional airline based in  Val-d&#8217;Or, Quebec. With 14 aircraft, it operates scheduled and charter  services to 16 destinations in Quebec and Ontario. Its main base is  Val-d&#8217;Or Airport, with a hub at Timmins\/Victor M. Power Airport.&nbsp; The  airline is owned by The Cree Regional Economic Enterprises Company Inc.  (CREECO).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ABOUT DISCOVERY AIR<\/span><br \/> Founded in 2004, Discovery Air Inc. is a specialty aviation services  company operating across Canada and in select locations internationally.  With over 130 aircraft, it is one of the largest air operators in  Canada, employing more than 600 flight crew, maintainers and support  staff to deliver a variety of air transport, maintenance and logistics  solutions to its government, airline and business customers. The  Corporation subsidiaries include: Top Aces, which delivers airborne  training and special mission services to the Canadian military; Hicks  &amp; Lawrence, a supplier of airborne fire management services to the  Ontario government and charter services to government agencies and  corporate customers; Discovery Air Technical Services, which provides a  range of maintenance, repair, overhaul, modification, engineering and  certification services; Great Slave Helicopters, the second-largest VFR  helicopter operator in the country; Air Tindi, the largest fixed-wing  aircraft charter provider based in Northern Canada; Discovery Mining  Services, which supplies all-weather exploration camps as well as  expediting and logistics support services; and Discovery Air  Innovations, the innovation arm of Discovery Air that identifies and  captures large, new market opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery Air Technical Services Inc. announces multi-year contract with Air Creebec Inc. for Dash-8 fleet maintenance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15373","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/15373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}