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"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."
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"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.)"
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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 45s, and he'd like to keep his exquisite little fleet aloft."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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"
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"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."
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"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."
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"Wynne Powell becomes animated as he lifts the model of a Learjet 45 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"
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"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."
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