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customers in the future”.
Pierre Piotte, VP of Maintenance for
our official launch customer, PASCAN
Express, said: “Based on the high level
of preparation and expertise demon-
strated by DATS in Quebec City, we
are confident that our first heavy check
experience with DATS will be very
smooth given the excellent perfor-
mance and quality demonstrated on
other regional aircraft types”.
ABOUT DISCOVERY AIR TECHNI-
CAL SERVICES INC.
Discovery Air Technical Services Inc.
(DATS) holds Transport Canada,
F.A.A. and EASA approvals for the
ATR 42/72, DASH-8 100/300, Boeing
737, CRJ 100/200, SAAB 340, Chal-
lenger 600 series, Learjet series and the
ERJ 135/145 aircraft. DATS’ mainte-
nance division based in Quebec City
provides a wide range of in-house
capabilities, including welding, avion-
ics, engineering, machining, heat treat-
ment, plating, composite, NDT and
sheet metal repairs. DATS’ engineer-
ing division based in Toronto provides
aircraft upgrade and modification de-
sign services, with experience working
on civil and military fixed and rotary
wing aircraft.
ABOUT DISCOVERY AIR INC.
Discovery Air Inc. is a Canadian spe-
cialty aviation company, operating
over 150 aircraft with approximately
850 team members. Its subsidiaries
provide airborne training to the Cana-
dian military; air ambulance services;
airborne fire services; helicopter
operations; fixed-wing air charter
services; expediting and logistics
support; and a range of mainte-
nance, repair, overhaul, modifi-
cation, engineering and certification
services.
Discovery Air Inc.’s Class A common
voting shares and unsecured deben-
tures trade on the Toronto Stock Ex-
change (symbols DA.A and
.A,
respectively).
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