AIR CANADA: Air Canada & SAS sign heavy maintenance ag agreement, 180 jobs created at Air Canada Dorval base.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 1999-AIR CANADA: Air Canada and SAS sign heavy maintenance agreement, 180 jobs created at Air Canada Dorval base (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:051199 MONTREAL -- Air Canada and its Star Alliance partner, SAS, today signed a 14-month agreement for Air Canada to perform heavy maintenance work on SAS Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

The contract for major airframe cabin reconfiguration work, valued at approximately $10 million, begins February 2000. It will result in the creation of up to 180 new jobs at Air Canada's Dorval maintenance base. "Today's announcement highlights another of the many benefits available to Air Canada as a member of Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance. With this new contract, we are extending...