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Discovery Air ("DA"), founded and incorporated in 2004,〔(The Little Bank That Did )〕 is a specialized aviation company that operates primarily in Canada. Through its subsidiary companies, Discovery Air provides aviation and aviation related services for both corporate customers as well as the Federal and Provincial governments of Canada. The Discovery Air operating units provide both fixed-wing and rotary-wing services as well as logistics and remote operations management services. This includes cargo and passenger air charter services throughout Canada, vital medivac air services in the north and utility flying for mining exploration. The Discovery Air business units also provide specialized services to provincial governments with forest fire detection and suppression as well as providing airborne training and special mission services to the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force. Discovery Air also provides a range of maintenance, repair and overhaul services to airline customers through Discovery Air Technical Services, based in Quebec City.〔(Discovery Air Announces Commencement of Operations at Discovery Air Technical Services Inc. )〕 Headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and traded publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol DA.A, Discovery Air's subsidiary companies have bases all across Canada.〔(Company Profile )〕 ==Corporate history== * 2004 - Discovery Air is incorporated by the Pacific & Western Bank of Canada.〔(One on one with Shawn Clarke, chief operating officer of Discovery Air )〕 * 2004 - Discovery Air acquires 50% of Hicks & Lawrence, later renamed as Discovery Air Fire Services, with the other 50% being acquired in 2005.〔〔(Hicks & Lawrence Ltd. announces the rebranding of its fire services business and the integration of Hawkeye Infrared Services )〕 * 2006 - Discovery Air completes an initial public offering of $3.85 million.〔(Discovery Air Completes $3.85 Million Initial Public Offering )〕 * 2006 - Discovery Air acquires Great Slave Helicopters (GSH).〔(Discovery Air Buys Great Slave Helicopters )〕 * 2006 - Discovery Air acquires Air Tindi.〔 * 2007 - Discovery Air purchases the Wheel Division Assets of Walsten Air Service.〔(Hicks & Lawrence Ltd. acquires Walsten Air Service )〕 * 2007 - Discovery Air acquires Top Aces, later rebranded as Discovery Air Defence Services.〔(Discovery Air acquires Top Aces Inc )〕 * 2008 - Discovery Air acquires Discovery Mining Services〔(Discovery Air acquires Discovery Mining Services )〕 * 2009 - Discovery Air received a Can$34 million loan from the Government of the NWT.〔(MLA questions N.W.T.'s bailout of Discovery Air )〕 * 2010 - Discovery Air announces commencement of operations at Discovery Air Technical Services.〔(Company Overview of Discovery Air Technical Services Inc. )〕 * 2011 - Discovery Air announces the opening of a new business unit, Discovery Air Innovations.〔(Discovery Air Innovations )〕 * 2012 - Discovery Air Innovations sign a provisional deal with Hybrid Air Vehicles to purchase hybrid airships for use in Northern Canada. The deal, which the companies hoped to have finalised by 2012, and could have involved up to 45 airships at $40 million per craft, with the first being delivered in 2014.〔(Futuristic 'airships' planned for North ) at CBC.〕〔(UK group secures commercial airship deal ) at the Financial Times〕 * 2011 - Discovery Air Fire Services announces launch of new subsidiary, Discovery Aviation Academy.〔(Discovery Air Fire Services )〕 * 2012 - Discovery Air announces that it has repaid the 2009 government loan 10 months early.〔(Discovery Air announces early repayment of existing $34 million NWTOF indebtedness, amendments to existing secured convertible debentures and provision of a short term bridge loan from a related party )〕 * 2012 - On 8 August 2012, it was announced that Discovery Air had let the deal with Hybrid Air Vehicles lapse as they no longer wished to purchase the vehicles.〔(Discovery Air lets airship deal lapse )〕 * 2012 - Great Slave Helicopters acquires Helicopters.cl SpA.〔(Discovery Air Purchases Chilean Servicios Aéreos Helicopters )〕 * 2012 - Great Slave Helicopters acquires Northern Air Support.〔(GSH Completes the Acquisition of Northern Air Support )〕 * 2013 - Discovery Air acquires Advanced Training Systems International Inc. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Discovery Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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