TOP STORY
IATA updates COVID-19 financial impacts, says relief measures needed
DECISIONS
- Denied boarding – Heimal v Air Canada – 2020 BCCRT 249
Passenger denied boarding international flight – did not have Schengen visa – passenger stated she did not need visa; applicant held Belorussian passport and permanent Canadian residency – airline relied on IATA ‘Timatic’ system to verify travel document requirements – system flagged passenger because she was travelling through Schengen – airline assumed that connecting flight layover required visa – visa not required – airline’s tariff waived liability if airline denied boarding while acting in good faith – airline’s employees made mistake; no bad faith – claim denied - Implementation complaint – Air Canada v CUPE, Air Canada Component – 2020 CanLII 17275 (CA LA)
Union originally complained that Air Canada mainline economy service did not meet collective agreement standard – arbitrator agreed and required Air Canada to amend service standard – Air Canada delayed amending – did begin issuing notes to staff – did not communicate its notes to union; asked union after implementation time-limit expired for extension – Air Canada allowed to delay: large change in operation needs flexibility and time to effect – monetary damages not appropriate
CIRB DECISIONS
- Amendment – WestJet – Order No. 11488-U
WestJet applied to amendment certificate – exclusion of Operations Duty Managers – Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Association did not oppose – amendment granted – new certificate reads:
all dispatchers employed by Westjet, an Alberta Partnership, excluding the Operations Duty Managers (e.g., Network Duty Managers and Operations Shift Managers), the Safety Investigators II, the Manager of Flight Dispatch, the Manager of Flight Operations Support and those above.
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Bradley Air Services Limited also c-o-b as First Air and/or Ptarmigan Airways and/or Northwest Territorial Airways and/or NWT Air (First Air), on behalf of itself and Lynden Air Cargo, LLC c-o-b as Lynden Air Cargo and as Loken Aviation – Determination No. A-2020-36
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Suspension – LSAC Enterprises, LLC c-o-b as Visionar – Order No. 2020-A-27
Licence no. 100062 - Suspension – Vanture Travel, LLC c-o-b as Taquan Air – Order No. 2020-A-26
Licence no. 000137 - Suspension – Kississing Lake Lodge Ltd. c-o-b as Wings over Kississing – Order No. 2020-A-25
Licence nos. 000076 and 140082, reinstated effective February 27, 2020 - Suspension – Personas y Paquetes Por Aire S.A. de C.V. c-o-b as AirLink – Order No. 2020-A-24
Licence no. 130073, reinstated effective February 26, 2020
TC/TSB NEWS
- Investigation report: June 2019 fatal collision with terrain after takeoff in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
- JCAI Inc. takes flight in global airplane de-icing industry
- Minister of Transport outlines Safer Skies Strategy to improve aviation safety over conflict zones
- Runway incursion illustrates risks to safe operations when communications break down between airport operations staff and flight crew
- Canadian airworthiness directive
- MMEL notification
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
CBAA
NovaJet Aviation Group achieves IS-BAO Stg 3 accreditation
Weekly briefing
COPA
FAA issues new Cessna 210 AD
Nav Canada shortlisted for prestigious awards
ICAO
ICAO takes steps to strengthen global border management and security
ICAO-WHO publish joint statement on COVID-19
Salvatore Sciacchitano inaugurates 219th session of the ICAO Council as its new president
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
UNIFOR
Unifor urges Ottawa to proactively protect workers from COVID-19 virus
UNIFOR 2002
Air Canada CSSA’s: updated tentative agreement reached on March 5, 2020
AIRPORT NEWS
- Breaking the wildlife trafficking supply chain: how airports can help sustain wildlife on Earth
- Defining customer experience: how airports can own the passenger journey
- Designing the future of airport security
- Gender diversity vital for sustainability of the airport industry
- Investment in infrastructure and customer experience vital for airport industry
- The future is female: closing the gender gap in aviation
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Acadian Air Med 1 base named in honor of air ambulance leader
- Bristow and Schiebel carry out U.K.’s first unmanned SAR aircraft trial
- Citadel defense receives $9.2M in orders for drone detect & defeat technology
- Erickson debuts composite main rotor blades
- How Heli Austria is taking its firefighting Super Pumas to the next level
- UAE launches first smartphone app for search-and-rescue
- UMS Skeldar launches new V-150 VTOL platform
- You have questions about Bell’s electric tail rotor. We have answers
AVIATION NEWS
- Aerospace and international trade: cultivating business without borders
- Air Canada and WestJet waiving fees to change flights because of coronavirus
- Air Canada awards first Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships
- Boeing Max overhaul sparks U.S.-Canada rift over pilot guidance
- CAE opens 2020 women in flight scholarship program
- Chorus Aviation issues statement regarding the administration of Flybe Limited
- Coronavirus could cost airlines $113B in lost revenue, industry group says
- Court rejects move to put passenger rights rules on hold
- CVR wasn’t recording during Coulson Aviation C-130 crash in Australia
- Fast Air marks quarter century with big news
- Flair Airlines appoints John Mullins as vice-president, customer experience & airports
- IADA portal handles US$5.4 billion in aircraft sales during first year
- Montreal group aims to turn industrial CO2 into sustainable aviation fuel
- Nav Canada announces ratification of collective agreement with ACFO
- Nav Canada announces ratification of collective agreement with PIPSC
- Nav Canada’s Explore Aviation summer camp now accepting applications
- PAL Airlines grows in Quebec
- Thirty years of evolution for Bell in Mirabel
- What kind of captain do you want to be?
- YQB earns airport carbon accreditation certification
