Sept./Oct. 2011 - Although its creation was driven by internal needs, London Air Services has become an external success due to a proven, client-driven approach. Click here for more
Vancouver - August 22, 2011 - London Air Service flew Jaeger Mah in a Learjet 45 last week into Vancouver International Airport to begin his 80 day assignment as the airport live-in storyteller. Click here for more
Vancouver - August 18, 2011 - Jaeger Mah watched Tom Hanks’ The Terminal the night before he started his 80-day journey as YVR’s in-house storyteller yesterday. Click here for more
March 7, 2011 - AgustaWestland is expanding its global presence with deliveries in Chile, orders from the South Korean government and appointment of an independent sales representative in Canada. The Finmeccanica company recently delivered an AW119Ke single-engine helicopter to Chilean operator Firefly.Click here for more
Vancouver - November 13, 2010 - With the recession fading into the horizon, Wynne Powell is increasingly bullish about B.C.'s corporate jet charter industry. So bullish, in fact, that his company, Richmond-based London Air Services, recently spent $65 million to become the first in the world to order Bombardier's latest executive jet, the Global 7000. Click here for more
Richmond-based luxury airline London Air Services is the first in the world to purchase a state-of-the-art aircraft due for production in 2017. The new Bombardier Global 7000 will bring the Vancouver International Airport company’s total fleet of privately chartered aircraft to 14, and is expected to fly the company’s celebrity and executive clientele on a variety of non-stop routes between Vancouver, New York, London, Beijing, Singapore and Dubai.Click here for more
Vancouver - A Richmond-based company that flies executives to points around the globe is the first in the world to buy Bombardier's newest executive jet. London Air Services will use the Bombardier Global 7000 to fly business customers non-stop on a variety of routes, including Vancouver-Beijing, London-Singapore and New York-Dubai. The comfortable high-end jet will be delivered in 2017.Click here for more
Richmond, B.C, October 21, 2010. – London Air Services (LAS) and Bombardier today announced the LAS purchase of Bombardier’s Global 7000. LAS is first in the world to purchase the Global 7000 and will fly its business customers non-stop on a variety of routes such as Vancouver – Beijing, London – Singapore and New York - Dubai.Click here for more
Atlanta, October 21, 2010 – Bombardier today announced that London Air Services (LAS) (www.londonair.com) has placed a firm order for a Global 7000 jet, valued at approximately $65 million U.S., based on the 2010 list price of typically equipped aircraft. LAS is the first Canadian operator to place a firm order for corporate aviation’s newest jet.Click here for more
When I first wrote about London Air some people didn’t believe me that their favorite drug store and shopping spot was actually in the air charter business.Click here for more
"At a time when Air Canada is struggling to stay afloat, Richmond-based London Air Services (LAS) is continues to soar. The airline, which caters to the rich and famous, has a new home and a new state-of-the-art aircraft in its fleet. All this as LAS celebrates its 10th anniversary."Click here for more
"The decision to create this Vancouver-based charter service was born in five hours-five hours in which Brandt Louie, Chairman of H.Y. Louie and London Drugs, was stranded on the tarmac in Chicago waiting for an airline to find a crew for the plane. In 1999, Mr. Louie took delivery of his own business jet, which was the launch of London Air Services (LAS.)"Click here for more
"This year marks 10 high-flying years since London Air Services (LAS) set up shop on the south side of Vancouver International Airport (YVR). A private charter company owned by Vancouver's H.Y. Louie Group, LAS began operation in October 1999 to provide business travel for the group's executives. By May 2000, LAS had expanded to provide private, customized travel, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and, according to Wynne Powell, LAS president and chief executive officer, it didn't take long for the corporate sector to hop aboard and take advantage of the charter service."Click here for more
"When celebrities like Al Pacino and Jennifer Lopez come to B.C. to shoot a movie or relax at a coastal luxury resort, they hire learjets from Richmond based London Air Services. Fast and luxurious though they may be, even learjets have their limitations. They can't land at Whistler, for example, and even seaplanes can't land at night or in bad weather when ferrying passengers to any number of resorts along the B.C. coast. But a helicopter can."Click here for more
"There are a lot of reasons to charter one of London Air Services Ltd.'s swanky new Learjets, not the least of which is that even if you end up in the toilet it may still be one of the most memorable flights you ever took."Click here for more
"Less than four years after taking off on its inaugural flight, London Air Services is already operating in the black, allowing the Vancouver-based charter airline to accelerate its business plan by several years, company president Wynne Powell said Tuesday."Click here for more
"Wynne Powell makes a pretty compelling case for the economics of chartering a jet to take you to your next business meeting in Calgary or Kowloon. Of course he does. He is president of London Air Services, which has just added a $26-million, 12 passenger Bombardier Challenger 604 to his two Learjet 45 XRs, and he'd like to keep his exquisite little fleet aloft."Click here for more
"For Vancouver based H Y Louie Group, a 100-year-old family retailing company, the time had come to buy a corporate aircraft. Having chartered assorted Learjets over a 4-year period, the group was sold on the benefits of corporate aviation, but charter availability was becoming a problem. The task of setting up the new flight department was given to Wynne Powell, president of the groups 54-store London Drugs retail chain with locations though-out western Canada."Click here for more
"Take an accountant add a dash of entrepreneur, mix in some new corporate jets, add a little cash and presto - instant jet charter service. Of course there is a lot more to the story of the west coast's newest jet charter service than that. Meet Wynne Powell, president of London Air Services and sister company London Drugs."Click here for more
"Wynne Powell, president and chief operating officer of London Drugs, travels up to 160,000 miles a year. With 54 stores scattered across two provinces, and business to attend to all over North America, it means a lot of time spent checking in to reservation counters, waiting for delayed flights, missing connections, eating airline food and overnighting in hotels. Multiply that by all the other managers and staff who have to get somewhere by air, and it adds up to a lot of unproductive time and missed opportunities."Click here for more
"Like its sister company, London Drugs, London Air Service is banking on a proven blueprint for success. Maintain the highest standards, provide exceptional service and constantly grow and innovate. It's a forumula that has worked for 50 years for London Drugs and is already paying big dividends for London Air Services"Click here for more
"London Drugs president Wynne Powell's travel schedule had him making five stops in one day for management meetings around B.C. and Alberta. 'I did all my meetings and I was back home that night,' he said of his journey to Prince George, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Calgary. That's the perk that comes with being president of London Air Services, a charter airline owned by London Drugs."Click here for more
"Wynne Powell (left), president of London Air Services and Charles Garneau, sales director, Bombardier Aerospace celebrate the Challenger 604 purchase between Bombardier Aerospace and London Air Services at the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) tradeshow in Vancouver Wednesday."Click here for more
"Wynne Powell becomes animated as he lifts the model of a Learjet 45 XR from the coffee table in his spacious Richmond office. His enthusiasm is infectious as he describes the jet's luxurious leather interior, its computer work stations and its ability to cruise at 51,000 feet, well above the riff-raff of commercial jetliners"Click here for more
"Like almost anyone planning to take to the air this past summer, domestic business travellers have been forced to choose: take one airline that features two names, adiminishing level of service and a potential pilot strike, or drive to points south, where the skies open up a bit." Click here for more
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