June/July 2022

YVR Order Now, an in-terminal mobile food and beverage ordering service

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has launched YVR Order Now, a mobile food and beverage ordering service to reduce lineups and provide greater service convenience.

YVR Order Now allows customers to skip the wait by pre-ordering their meals online at yvr.ca/ordernow. Customers can choose and pay for their favourite bites online and pick them up on the way to the office, in between meetings or during their travel journey.

The introduction of YVR Order Now provides another way for passengers and employees to access readily available in-terminal food

options--both pre and post security—all with the ease of their mobile phones.

In addition, YVR is trans forming its food and beverage program to provide more

fresh, local, and authentic offerings reflective of the B.C. community’s vibrant and diverse culinary choices.

The YVR Order Now web-based program is avail

able at more than 20 partici pating in-terminal restaurants, including Canucks Bar & Grill, Joe & The Juice, Pacific Farms Market, Subway, Tim Hortons, Vino Volo, and

Wendy’s, with more options to be added later in the year.

“The YVR Order Now program is another example of innovation and digital transfor mation helping make the travel journey through YVR an effortless and enjoyable one,” said Robyn McVicker, YVR vice president of passenger journey. “As travellers look for a more personalized experi ence, they will now have the opportunity to order from our fresh, local restaurant partners and enjoy delicious food either while waiting for their flight or onboard the aircraft.”

Place your order at par ticipating YVR food and bev erage outlets by visiting yvr.ca/ordernow.

During Tourism Week in Canada 2022 (May 29-June 4), a Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable, com prised of leaders from airlines, airports, hotels and travel organizations, called on the Canadian federal government to promote a responsible postCOVID-19 reboot of the trav el and tourism industry. This includes providing urgent relief at the border by alleviat ing pressures currently facing travellers at Canada’s airports.

The Roundtable acknowl edged appreciation for recent decisions by the federal government to increase the number of Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) screening officers. However, the Roundtable views these measures as longer-term solutions that will take weeks before impacting wait times for travellers at Canadian airports.

As such, the Roundtable urged the federal government

to take the following shortterm actions to alleviate pres sure on the system by no later than June 15, 2022:

• Remove vaccination mandates for Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) workers;

• Remove the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) duplicate health checks and questions through ArriveCan at government checkpoints

• Relocate or remove on-site mandatory random testing from Canada’s airports; and,

• Establish clear service stan dard benchmarks for secu rity and customs processing of passengers travelling through Canadian airports. The Roundtable also urged the federal government to remove the bottleneck

and bureaucratic travel processes, streamline govern ment checkpoints and require their agencies to meet their intended levels of service and performance benchmarks to help the travel and tourism sector recover.

“As demand for travel returns and other global econ omies re-open, Canada’s bor der policies need to reflect the new reality, or risk being a country left behind,” said Suzanne Acton-Gervais, interim president and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada. “It is time for the Government of Canada to revisit COVID-19 pandemic restrictions placed on air travel, in line with a grow ing list of over 50 countries that have removed barriers to travel altogether.”

Travel and Tourism is a $105-billion sector, employ ing millions of Canadians across the country and accounting for 2.1 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product.

To celebrate its 30th anni versary in 2019, Tawain-based Eva Air airline introduced Boeing 787-10 aircraft, the newest and largest model in the Dreamliner family, on its international routes.

Technologies used to build the Boeing 787 Dreamliner make the aircraft more environmentally effi cient. Constructed of lighter composite materials, such as carbon fibre, more than 50 per cent of the aircraft’s total weight, including fuselage, wings and engine fan blades, comes from these materials.

The Boeing 787-10 is 68.3 metres long, approximately 5 metres longer than the 787-9.

EVA has configured its 787-10 aircraft for 342 pas sengers, with 34 in Royal Laurel Class business, acknowledged as one of the best business classes world wide, and 308 in Economy.

From June 25, 2022, to July 25, 2022, EVA will operate a four-times weekly non-stop summer service from Vancouver (YVR) to Taipei (TPE) using its 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft.

For more information on flight times and dates, visit evaair.com.

Compared to traditional aluminum alloy fuselage construction, these advanced materials significantly decrease the aircraft’s overall weight and the likelihood of metal fatigue or corrosion, reducing maintenance costs. The replacement of fluores cent tubes with LED lights also lowers power demand by almost half.

EVA Air to operate summer 787-10 Dreamliner service from Vancouver

Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable calls for immediate border relief

Japadog’s street food stand started in Vancouver in 2005 and has been a fan favourite for many locals and tourists. A clas sic western hot dog, served with a twist of the most phenomenal Japanese flavours has made Japadog one of Vancouver’s most iconic street foods.

The partnership between Japadog and YVR began with a temporary Japadog street stand outside the International terminal, which quickly gained popularity with travellers and Sea Island employees.

This temporary street stand has morphed into a perma nent storefront location in the Domestic Food Court, pre-secu rity at YVR, open daily from 7:30am to 8:30pm.

YVR is on a journey to transform the airport’s food and beverage offerings to be more reflective of the B.C. com munity’s local and authentic culinary scene and the inclusion of Japadog, bringing the fusion of two dining cultures to those at YVR, is a significant step in this transformation journey.

Visit Japadog and try out favourites like the Kurobuta Terimayo Japadog and the Shichimi Garlic Shaked Fries, which once tried will undoubt edly lead to return visits for more. to YVR, this time permanently

Duty-free Dufry Collection Store opens at YVR

Luxury doesn’t have to come with added tax and duty, and YVR proves this with an exciting new luxe looks, tax-free way to shop in its International terminal.

Collection by Dufry has opened at YVR, featuring a range of designer clothing, hand bags, wallets and more at taxand duty-free prices, providing passengers with more shopping choices.

The newest collections from luxury brands such as Michael Kors, Boss, Furla, and See By

Chloé, all available in-store, make finding gifts easy for loved ones or oneself.

Passengers can take advan tage of Dufry’s Reserve & Collect service at the Collection store, allowing pre-order and pick-up on departure.

The store will also be a one-stop-shop for presti gious brands in Downtown Vancouver so tourists can visit their favourite Vancouver stores and buy tax-free items when travelling through YVR.

Pier D Expansion at YVR

The extended Pier D is a significant project in the history of YVR and the largest since 1996. This expansion features eight new gates, a glassed-in, open-air atrium, a yoga space, a multi-faith prayer room, a quiet room, an immersive digital experience, and an inclusive and accessible travel experience for all travellers.

It continues YVR’s awardwinning Sense of Place with thematic art and architecture that draws on the themes of land, sea

and sky.

While the expansion reflects YVR’s optimism for the future, it also acknowledges its past and location on land that is the tra ditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. As an essential part of the B.C. community, the desti nies of Musqueam and YVR are inter-linked.

Look for a special feature on YVR’s extended Pier D in the August/September edition of SkyTalk.

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Innovation Hub at YVR partners with Teck’s Copper & Health Program to ‘Stop the Spread’

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As YVR looks to expand its role in B.C.’s economy, it introduced an Innovation Hub in 2021 to provide a platform to connect and collaborate with local businesses to lead in B.C.’s economic recovery.

Therefore, it is not surprising that seeking partnerships that transform how the airport serves employees, passengers, and the community and elevates the technology and innovation sector here in B.C. is central to YVR’s operation.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, YVR’s TAKEcare program helped ensure the health and safety of everyone who passed through the airport. Now, through a new partnership with Teck Resources Copper & Health Program, YVR has become the first airport in Canada to incorporate antimi crobial copper to enhance the cleanliness and sanitization of its terminals.

Copper has unique antimi crobial properties and is proven

effective in eliminating up to 99.9 per cent of harmful bacteria within two hours. When installed in high-touch, high-traffic loca tions, antimicrobial copper can help reduce the spread of infection.

As tens of thousands of pas sengers move throughout the airport each day, installing anti microbial copper applications on baggage carts, water fountains, washroom doors, and other hightouch surfaces at YVR provides an added layer of protection to standard cleaning and reduces the spread of bacteria.

In partnering with a locally based brand such as Teck, YVR is advancing new ideas and solu tions that benefit the community, solving challenges outside of aviation, and making it more than solely an airport.

For more information about the role of antimicrobial copper, the Copper & Health program, and other examples of copper in action, please visit coppersaveslives.com.

Sunflower Program for hidden disability awareness

May 29 to June 4 was Canada’s sixth annual National Accessibility Week, one dedi cated to promoting inclusive ness and accessibility in local communities and celebrating diversity.

This year, starting May 30, YVR partnered with the Sunflower Lanyard Program for Hidden Disability Awareness to assist passengers with hidden disabilities who may need a little extra support, time, or assistance while travelling through the airport.

Through this program, individuals with invisible dis abilities, such as autism, chronic pain, epilepsy, low vision, hear ing loss, dementia, anxiety dis orders, and brain injuries, may choose to wear the Sunflower

lanyard as a discreet way to indicate to YVR airport staff that they may need extra assistance when going through the airport processes.

At YVR, its Guest Experience Team, Green Coats, and airline partners (Air Canada, WestJet & Delta) have extended their support to the Sunflower Program.

Free Sunflower lanyards (or stickers) for this entirely voluntary program for people with hidden disabilities and their families can be obtained from the Customer Care and Information counters at YVR’s Main and South terminals.

For more information about the program, visit the accessibil ity page on yvr.ca.

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Tamara Vrooman, president and CEO of Vancouver Airport Authority, views the Sunflower lanyards, which indicate to airport staff the person wearing one has an invisible disability and may need extra assistance. Photo: courtesy YVR.

On May 17, YVR and Musqueam came together with their partners to name and open a new pathway xwq̓axintəl' ct (Walking Together) in the Templeton Corridor.

Developed cooperatively with Musqueam and the Sea Island community, the pathway creatively uses a parcel of land

to connect the local active transportation network, Canada Line stations and the Iona Beach Regional Park.

It also provides an enhanced greenspace and natural buffer between the airport lands and nearby Sea Island residences.

The pathway is commemo rative of the past and future,

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including Musqueam, the air port, City of Richmond, and the Burkeville community.

As YVR and Musqueam mark the fifth year of their Sustainability & Friendship Agreement, Vancouver Airport Authority considers it an honour that Musqueam gave their bless ing and permission to name the

pathway in the language of the Musqueam people.

The name, xwq̓axintəl’ ct (Walking Together), reflects the relationship between Musqueam and YVR, which is based on friendship and respect to achieve a sustainable and mutually ben eficial future for the community, and the lands on which YVR

operates.

The pathway also signifies collaboration. YVR engaged with the Burkeville community to create this space and worked

together with Musqueam to identify and plant hundreds of trees and native plant species to enhance the natural ecosystem and habitats of the corridor and surrounding area.

The pathway is now open, and YVR looks forward to continued work with Musqueam and the community on ways to bring the history of this shared greenspace to life.

Indigenous History Month celebrated at YVR

The month of June com memorates Indigenous History in Canada and also marks the fifth anniversary of the Musqueam Indian BandYVR Airport Sustainability and Friendship Agreement.

While this 30-year Agreement between Musqueam and YVR acknowledges the past, it looks ahead with a continued commitment to reconciliation and the pursuit of opportunities to strengthen their partnership.

For Indigenous History Month, YVR is taking the opportunity to celebrate Musqueam culture, focusing on the many new and existing col laborative ways in which it cre ates education-to-employment opportunities and encouraging its partners to do the same.

During the ceremonial event, Musqueam guided a Call to Witness protocol to name and open the pathway.

Vancouver Airport Authority leans on reflecting a sense of place at YVR that includes the Musqueam culture and enhances the airport’s best-in-class experi ence for passengers and the community. With this in mind, a new YVR Guest Experience program has been introduced, with all team members directly employed by Vancouver Airport Authority.

A vital element of the rei magined passenger journey is embedding the authentic Musqueam Welcome and inte grating the culture in the cus tomer service approach.

The new YVR Guest Experience program will also continue YVR’s established culture of universal access and

inclusion for everyone who vis its the airport, ensuring people with disabilities, their friends and families can travel or visit YVR without barriers.

With YVR’s renowned Green Coat volunteers, the new Guest Experience team is the front line of the airport—wel coming passengers and support ing their journey effortlessly through YVR.

All aspects of the Guest Experience program, from uni forms to training, represent the airport authentically, reflecting the YVR brand and international and local cultures to passengers and the community, including Musqueam, at every touchpoint.

YVR hosted several open houses, promoted job posts on its social media channels, and held hundreds of interviews to find and assemble the Guest Experience team. Bringing these positions under the employment of the Airport Authority creates good union jobs with compensa tion that surpasses living wage and provides opportunities for learning and career progression at YVR.

“We are thrilled to launch our new Guest Experience pro gram at YVR and welcome more

than 80 new team members to our Airport Authority work force,” said Tamara Vrooman, Vancouver Airport Authority president and CEO. “Our new Guest Experience representatives and supervisors speak a com bined 30 languages and have benefitted from daily cultural learning from Musqueam as part of onboarding. We know that they will deliver an exceptional experience for YVR passengers and visitors worldwide while reflecting the Musqueam-YVR Sustainability and Friendship Agreement.”

With a bold vision for the airport’s future, Vancouver Airport Authority has taken the opportunity to introduce a fresh approach to customer care through its new Guest Experience program. YVR’s purpose is to serve the commu nity and the economy that sup ports it, and the mandate of the new Guest Experience team is to bring this purpose to life within the airport.

As travel restrictions con tinue to lift, YVR looks forward to welcoming more passengers back this summer and introduc ing everyone to its new Guest Experience team. to provide

Aglow with new energyefficient lighting

At YVR, more than 20,000 lights have been upgraded with new LED bulbs throughout the terminal.

The upgrade is expected to decrease electricity use by 2.8 gigawatt-hours per year, which is the equivalent of powering 255 B.C. homes.

Not only does the airport’s new LED lighting improve ener gy efficiency and help advance YVR’s environmental goals, but it also provides enhanced ambi

ance for passengers and workers as they move throughout the terminal.

This lighting efficiency proj ect is among the first to be com pleted under YVR’s Roadmap to Net Zero Carbon 2030, accelerat ing the airport’s original climate commitment by 20 years.

For more information visit YVR.ca/Environment for more information on the air port’s climate, environmental approach, and priorities.

Volocopter’s electric 4-seater takes first flight

Urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter has attained another milestone in bringing UAM to life: its fixed-winged passenger aircraft, the VoloConnect, completed its first flight in May 2022.

The achievement makes Volocopter the only eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) developer worldwide to have an entire fleet of distinct aircraft configurations undergoing flight tests.

With its VoloCity and VoloConnect air taxi designs for metropolitan flights and subur

ban connections, respectively, Volocopter is gearing up to serve a broad range of passengers’ flight needs.

The VoloConnect targets a 2026 entry into service, while the VoloCity targets a commer cial launch in 2024.

“Having a whole family of electric aircraft in the test flight phase is a pioneering feat,” said Florian Reuter, Volocopter CEO. “Our technology platform is the foundation for our fam ily of aircraft approach and has proven to deliver results at an astounding speed. Volocopter is

bringing these innovative designs off the ground, into the air, and then to cities worldwide!”

The VoloConnect is a liftand-cruise aircraft optimized for missions beyond the urban and suburban space. While keeping moving parts to a minimum, its six rotors facilitate vertical take off, while two electric fans com bined with uplift-creating wings ensure high forward speeds.

With more than 500 employ ees in offices in Germany and Singapore, Volocopter has raised $579 million in equity from investors.

NAV Canada’s new air traffic control technology cuts aircraft delays and emissions

Photo: courtesy NAV Canada.

NAV Canada has become the first Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) in North America to deploy the Intelligent Approach (IA) time-based separation tool that helps deliver better on-time performance by optimizing the spacing between arriving aircraft.

Deployed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, this new technology adds additional tacti cal capacity across the airport’s five runways. It will help reduce delays, fuel burn and C02 emis sions, particularly in high wind conditions.

NAV Canada worked closely

with its UK counterpart, NATS, and the science and technol ogy leader Leidos, to success fully transition to the IA system on May 28.

Jointly developed by NATS and Leidos, the IA system dynamically calculates the opti mum time interval between arriv als based on live weather data and the aircraft type rather than set distances. It then translates that into a visual marker on a controller’s radar screen, helping to improve spacing consistency and maintain the landing rate— even in strong headwinds.

First introduced at Heathrow

Airport in 2015, IA’s time-based separation to maintain the land ing rate has cut headwind-related delays by 62 per cent at that airport.

NAV Canada is a private, not-for-profit company estab lished in 1996, providing air traffic control, airport advisory services, weather briefings and aeronautical information services for more than 18 million square kilometres of Canadian domestic and international airspace.

Air navigation service pro viders worldwide use traffic management systems developed by NAV Canada.

Test-flight image of the four-seater VoloConnect electric aircraft. Photo: courtesy Volocopter.

Technology

KLM adopts digital twins to improve operating efficiencies

The oldest airline glob ally, KLM, has adopted one of the newest technologies, the Matterport 3D platform, to create a digital twin of each aircraft type in its fleet to train its ground crews and provide an immersive virtual experience for its customers.

KLM began using Matterport in 2017, capturing the first digital twin of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to train ground crews on cleaning the aircraft. When its ground crews reduced cleaning time by 30 per cent, KLM recognized the potential of Matterport digital twins to streamline training for other departments and utilized the 3D platform to capture digital twins of its entire fleet.

Today, KLM manages a library of 104 digital twins, including multiple versions for each of the 14 types of Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer aircraft that make up its fleet.

KLM’s flight attendants have utilized Matterport’s digital twins to learn the location of safety and hospitality items on aircraft, and ground crews have used an annotated digital twin

that illustrates service trolleys’ stowage areas.

Additionally, pilots can eas ily refer to the aircraft’s digital twin for confirmation if they detect an issue during pre-flight safety checks.

KLM’s digital twins have also helped streamline the air line’s fleet management. For example, when upgrading the Wi-Fi routers used on an aircraft, KLM used the highly accurate data within a digital twin to con firm measurements and optimize the placement of new routers.

Beyond training its internal teams, KLM uses digital twins to showcase its aircraft cabins to travellers. Passengers can experience an aircraft’s cabin virtually, compare sections, and view their ideal seat before purchasing. KLM’s Boeing Dreamliner digital twin, which has received more than 70,000 views, highlights the indi vidual privacy partitions and top-tier entertainment systems available to business class travellers.

For information on KLM flights from Vancouver, visit klm.ca.

A memorandum of under standing (MOU) has been signed between KLM and Edmonton International (YEG) to col laborate further on sustainability initiatives.

The agreement comes after KLM operated a service from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to the Canadian airport as part of the SkyTeam alliance’s Sustainable Flight Challenge competition.

The competition sees 16 member airlines attempting to stage the most sustainable flight possible.

KLM Flight 675, a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, landed at YEG on May 7, 2022, powered

by a fuel blend consisting of 39 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

In addition, several new weight-reduction measures were taken, including using artificial intelligence modelling to predict inflight water requirements.

KLM chose YEG as the flight’s destination because of the airport’s sustainability initia tives, including a co-generation power facility, a commitment to hydrogen development, and the upcoming Airport City Solar.

Airport City Solar will be the world’s largest solar farm at an airport, producing enough elec tricity to power between 27,000 and 28,000 homes per year.

KLM’s “Busy Lizzie” Boeing 787-10. All of the airline’s Dreamliner aircraft have names of flowering plants. Photo: courtesy KLM.

Constantly rated one of the top family destinations in America, San Diego offers more than 100 kilometres of coastline, seemingly endless outdoor rec reation opportunities and vibrant cultural offerings for families to enjoy together—or apart.

Parents can relax at a spa, indulge in culinary delights or enjoy their alone time while the kids create summer memories at a unique camp. From art classes to water sports to customized childcare, San Diego is a perfect place for family members to experience fun and the sun.

Picasso wannabe

The Spanish Village Art Center (spanishvillageartcenter. com) in Balboa Park offers sev eral art-inspired summer camps and classes for those looking to become the next Picasso. Each Saturday, there is a free all-ages art class from noon to 4pm.

Take the plunge

The premium day camp located inside Belmont Park (belmontpark.com), San Diego’s beachfront amusement park, runs from 9am to 3pm. Activities include science projects, crafts, yoga for kids, a rock-climbing wall, a ropes course, and minia ture golf.

Explorer’s Club

Adults at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar can indulge in a relaxing massage at the resort’s Center For Wellbeing, while kids ages five and up can join the year-round Explorer’s Club (granddelmar.com/ explore/explorers-club/) pro gram. Activities range from treasure hunts to canyon hikes to Southern California-inspired crafting. Other kid-friendly choices include junior golf, archery, tennis, pickleball and horseback riding.

Oceans Twelve

Kids can play in the ocean and learn about it through the Ocean Explorers camp (hoteldel. com/events/ocean-explorers), designed for children ages 5 to 12 at the iconic Hotel del Coronado. For parents looking for a date night, there is also an Explorers Night Out on Fridays and Saturdays, including dinner for the participants. Parents can use their free time exploring Coronado’s main street, kayak ing in the San Diego Bay or din ing at a waterfront restaurant.

Kidtopia

At the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (omnihotels. com), kids are members of the

Canada Jetlines appoints Brad Warren as COO, readies for summer 2022 launch

Kidtopia club with half-day, fullday and night camps. Parents must remain on the Omni La Costa grounds, which provides the perfect opportunity to dine at one of the resort’s many restau rants or luxuriate at its spa. Water, water everywhere

The Water Sports Camp (watersportscamp.com) at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center has half-day camps that teach kids ages seven to fourteen how to paddle board, kayak, surf, sail and wakeboard. Parents can rent a sailboat, a kayak, a wakeboard ing boat or a windsurfer. Kids’ Kamp and S’more

The Kamp at the recently remodelled San Diego Mission Bay Resort (missionbayresort.

Canada Jetlines, the new Canadian leisure carrier targeting a launch in summer 2022, has appointed Brad Warren as chief operating officer and vice presi dent of maintenance.

With more than 25 years of experience in the airline industry, before joining Canada Jetlines in April 2021, Warren served as managing director at Air Canada, accountable for line maintenance with more than 1,800 maintenance technicians in Canada and globally.

His prior experience includes senior director, line maintenance at Air Canada Rouge and vice president of maintenance for Air Georgian and Regional 1 airlines.

Using a fleet of Airbus 320 aircraft, Canada Jetlines will begin its flights on Canadian routes leading to preferred sun destinations.

In a May 2022 press release, Canada Jetlines stated that the

Canadian Transportation Agency had determined the airline had met its financial requirements, paving the way to receive an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from Transport Canada.

“This is an important mile stone for Canada Jetlines as we are approaching the comple tion of the AOC process with Transport Canada,” said Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines.

“The teams of both the CTA and Canada Jetlines have been work ing with great collaboration and diligence to ensure we have met or exceeded the requirements for a start-up airline operating in Canada. We are working in earnest towards the finish line of the certification process. We are confident that we will operate our first commercial flight this summer and plan to announce our commercial schedule in the coming weeks.”

Visit jetlines.com to learn more about the airline.

com) property has a variety of kid-centric activities in July and August for children ages five to Mission Bay Resort also offers

Boeing teams with Canadian partners to offer P-8A Poseidon

tomers include the US Navy, Indian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Air Force, Royal Norwegian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Republic of Korea Navy and Germany Navy.

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Built on the 737 NextGeneration airframe, P-8’s 86 per cent commonality with more than 4,000 in-service 737NGs delivers lower life-cycle sustain ment costs due to significant economies of scale.

Boeing and several Canadian industry partners will collaborate to provide the capability and sus tainability of the P-8A Poseidon for the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) requirement.

Team Poseidon, consisting of CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defence, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada and Raytheon Canada, forms the cornerstone of a Canadian P-8 industrial footprint.

The team builds on 81 Canadian suppliers to the platform and to more than

550 Canadian suppliers across all provinces contributing to Boeing’s annual CA$5.3 billion in economic benefit to Canada, supporting more than 20,000 Canadian jobs.

The Boeing P-8A is a military, off-the-shelf solu tion with nearly 150 aircraft delivered to five nations. The P-8 will be used to improve Canada’s capability to defend its northern and maritime bor ders while ensuring interop erability with NORAD and NATO allies. As a leading platform for reducing the envi

ronmental impact of military aircraft, the P-8 can operate on a 50 per cent blend of sustain able aviation fuel today with aspirations to move toward 100 per cent with investment in new technology.

Having executed more than 450,000 collective mishap-free flight hours, the P-8A Poseidon has demonstrated its capabil ity to operate around the globe in the harshest flight regimes, including extended operations in extreme cold weather and icing environments.

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Porsche boxer engines

Our technicians at Pawlik Automotive have been work ing on a personal project of getting a 2002 Porsche 911 up and running after its IMS bearing wore out and dam aged the engine.

The IMS (Intermediate Shaft) bearing on spe cific Porsche model years is designed poorly (for those Porsche boxer engine own ers who may not know this). It can fail without warning, so replacement is a critical Porsche maintenance function

that should be done before it fails.

Currently, there is an active recall on 2013, 2014 and 2015 Boxster and Cayman models due to rear axle suspension issues. The rear axle carrier side mounts might crack and break on some Porsche vehicles. If both mounts fail while driv ing, the results could include a collision. Porsche will contact customers by mail with the instructions to take their vehicle to a dealership

for the axle side mounts replacement.

For more information on the Porsche vehicle recalls, visit the Transport Canada website wwwapps.tc.gc.ca.

Bernie Pawlik is a master mechanic who has owned & operated Pawlik Automotive Repair for more than 20 years. Located at 30-966 SW Marine Driver, Vancouver, Pawlik Automotive is a 21-time winner of the ‘Georgia Strait’s’ Award for “Best Auto Repair in Vancouver.”

Open your car germ and virus free. We are also keeping our office area sanitized. Transactions with our shop can be done utilizing social distancing. If you do not want to make contact with us we can take payments over the phone or e-transfer. Keys can be put into our drop slot and hidden in or on your car for pick up.

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Celebrate Steveston Salmon Festival’s 75th anniversary from June 25 to July 1

The 75th anniversary of the Steveston Salmon Festival takes place from Saturday, June 25, to Friday, July 1, 2022. This year marks the return of the festival to an in-person format, with many engaging activities taking place over the week.

“We are grateful to have been able to connect with the community virtually over the past two years and so excited to see everyone in-person once more at this milestone edition of the Steveston Salmon Festival,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “To mark this special occasion, the festival format has been re-imagined and expanded. This will be the most accessible Steveston Salmon Festival yet, featuring activations from a diversity of local artists, organi zations, businesses and commu nity groups.”

The week-long festivities will kick off with a special video pop-up booth at the free, family-friendly Pacific Rim Kite Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26. Kite fli ers and passersby will be invited to share their memories and treasured moments in Steveston, compiled into a 75th-anniversary tribute to the event. Find details on when and where to contribute a memory on the festival web site at stevestonsalmonfest.ca.

The Salmon BBQ at Home initiative is returning this year by popular demand. The readyto-cook meal kit features fresh salmon and sides for a fam ily of four. Pre-orders are now open through Wednesday, June 15, with pick-up on Thursday, June 30, from noon to 7pm. For more details, visit bit.ly/ salmonbbq2022.

The festival’s main event will be Friday, July 1, from 10am to 4pm. The day-long program will feature live music, exhibitions, demonstrations, and various hands-on activities. Community is at the core of festival programming, highlight ing the themes of family, fitness and fun.

Programming will take place in four festival districts stretching from Garry Point Park to the west and Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site to the east: Garry Point Zone, Steveston Village Zone, and Steveston Community Centre and Britannia Zone. Visitors are encouraged to explore on foot, bicycle, scoot er or wheelchair.

New and returning programs include:

• the Art Show

• the Horticulture Show (apply by June 28)

• the Japanese Cultural Show

• Sammy’s Fun Zone, which features family-friendly performances and hands-on activities in Steveston Park

• a variety of live performance stages, pop-up marketplaces in two zones and food vendors across the site

The festival is presented by the City of Richmond, Steveston Community Society and Richmond Agricultural and Industrial Society, with support from the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada.

To learn more about the 75th anniversary Steveston Salmon Festival, visit steve stonsalmonfest.ca or follow @ FunRichmond on social media using hashtag #SSF75.

Photo: courtesy stevestonsalmonfest.ca