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‘Darkest period ever’: Air Canada sees pandemic lasting at least three years
CIRB DECISIONS
- Declaration of Sale of Business – Bradley Air Services Limited c-o-b Canadian North – Order No. 11505-U
Application for declaration that a sale of business has occurred under the Canada Labour Code between Canadian North Inc. and Bradley Air Services Limited and that Bradley Air Services Limited is the successor employer – application seeking to merge two separate bargaining units into a single “commercial operations” bargaining unit – Board declared that a sale of business has occurred and Bradley Air Services Limited is the successor employer – Board declared Unifor continues to the be the certified bargaining agent for the bargaining unit – certificate now reads: “all employees employed in the Commercial Operations (Airport and Cargo Operations) division and the customer contact centre of Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as Canadian North, excluding departmental administrative and support staff, instructors, supervisors and those above”.
- Bargaining agent order – Bradley Air Services Limited c-o-b Canadian North – Order No. 11506-U
Application for a review of the bargaining unit structure of Bradley Air Services Limited – application granted – certificate now reads: “all supervisory employees employed in the Maintenance and Engineering division and building maintenance operations of Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as Canadian North, excluding non-supervisory personnel, non-maintenance quality assurance auditors, administrative assistants to the director(s), managers and those above.
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Nord Wind – Determination No. A-2020-86
Application for non-scheduled international license granted – license issued - Suspension – North Eastern Sky Services Ltd. – Determination No. A-2020-87
License No. 000081 - Suspension – Let’s Fly International Ltd. c-o-b Peregrine Helicopters – Order No. 2020-A-71
License No. 000024 - Suspension – Liberty Air Management, Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-72
License No. 010131 - Suspension – Aviation Charter, Inc. – Order No, 2020-A-73
License No. 967316 - Suspension – Island Express Air Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-74
License Nos. 090088 and 130062 - Suspension – Wetaskiwin Air Services Ltd. c-o-b Absolute Aviation – Order No. 2020-A-68
License Nos. 962590 and 967610 - Suspension – Trans North Turbo Air Limited c-o-b Trans North Air – Order No. 2020-A-69
License Nos. 962458 and 967193 - Suspension – Amber Airways Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-83
License No. 090055 - Suspension – Netjets-Transportes Aéreos, S.A. – Order No. 2020-A-70
License No. 090045 - Cancellation – Shoreline Aviation Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-85
License No. 977015 - Suspension – Sasair Inc. c-o-b Service aérien du Saint-Laurent – Order No. 2020-A-67
License Nos. 050030 and 050031 - Suspension – Hélicoptères Hélicarrier inc. – Order No. 2020-A-66
License Nos. 110048 and 110049 - Suspension – Aéro Loisirs Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-82
License Nos. 980156 and 980157
TC/TSB NEWS
- Civil aviation safety alert – Inspection of Emergency Locator Transmitter
- Canadian airworthiness directives
- Foreign airworthiness directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
AIAC
ATAC
CAC
- Canada’s airports look for government relief to ease liquidity crisis caused by COVID-19 travel bans
- Keeping Essential Workers and Goods Moving by Air Today and Tomorrow
- Reconnecting Canada to the world post coronavirus
CBAA
COPA
ICAO
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
AFA
- Passing of Spirit flight attendant Jay Harris
- Resources while on reduced or unpaid status
- The biggest threat to our jobs is the virus
- AFA Letter to Senate Commerce on the state of the aviation industry during COVID-19 pandemic
ALPA
UNIFOR 2002
AIRPORT NEWS
- Back to basics: A ‘new-old’ approach to airport security
- Canada’s airports look for government relief to ease liquidity crisis caused by COVID-19 travel bans
- Charlottetown Airport looks to past with hopes for the future
- COVID-19: For airport enterprise recovery, it’s time to act now
- COVID-19: Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport resumes domestic flights as signs of recovery appear
- New Nanaimo Airport CEO a Leader and Innovator
- Predicted global impact of COVID-19 on airport industry escalates
- The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and the Toronto Airport Workers’ Council (TAWC) release statement on joint efforts to keep workers and passengers safe
- Toronto Pearson introduces the Pearson Airport Explorer’s Club, an online learning program for kids
- Vancouver Airport at home
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- A ‘pandemic drone’ and other technology could help limit the spread of coronavirus and ease restrictions sooner, but at what cost?
- Anatomy of an airborne wilderness river rescue: ‘It took every machine’
- Airbus receives Canadian certification for the H135 with Helionix
- Canada honors six killed in helicopter crash with COVID-19 measures in place
- COVID-19 – Helijet continues no-charge flights for BC’s Healthcare Responders
- H135 receives Transport Canada Civil Aviation certification
- Ornge mitigates risk during uncertain times
- Penticton search and rescue airlifts injured hiker off mountain near Peachland
- Yellowhead Helicopters chooses AirSuite to provide flight operations software
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada CleanCare+ Program Introduces New Personal Safety and Sanitary Measures to Give Customers Added Assurance
- Air Canada offers customers a sneak peek at improvements coming with the New Aeroplan Program
- Air Canada sees pandemic impact lasting three years in ‘darkest period ever’ for commercial aviation
- Air Canada slashes Rouge fleet, shrinks mainline
- Air Creebec’s rainbow plane spreads cheer
- AIR MILES launches star-studded “Happy Every Day” community to entertain and reward Canadians for staying home
- Air travel recovery in North America will be years in the making, insiders say
- As major airlines lose billions, plans for federal aid remain murky
- Battered Canadian airline industry pushing for government bailout
- Bombardier reports first quarter 2020 financial results and measures taken in response to COVID-19 pandemic
- Canada turning to foreign airlines to bring home citizens stranded by pandemic
- Ceremony held at Ontario military base to honour six Armed Forces members killed in helicopter crash
- Coronavirus: World’s largest aircraft carrying PPE lands in Quebec
- Coronavirus: Trudeau says wage subsidy program to be extended past June
- ‘Darkest period ever’: Air Canada sees pandemic lasting at least three years
- De Havilland Canada Announces a Phased Return to Work and a Measured Resumption of Activities
- Drop in commercial flights due to COVID-19 may affect weather forecasts
- Passenger shocked by packed Air Canada flight: “I was a little disappointed”
- ‘Every dollar counts’: Yukon aviation industry welcomes new financial help
- Héroux-Devtek announces restructuring initiatives in light of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- Man killed in ultralight plane crash into southern Georgian Bay
- Media Statement: NAV CANADA implements temporary level of service changes to ensure the continuity and safety of Canada’s air navigation system
- NAV CANADA implements temporary level of service changes to ensure the continuity and safety of Canada’s air navigation system
- Nav Canada eyes temporary service reductions due to COVID-19
- N.B. seeks answers after passenger on Moncton flight tests positive for COVID-19
- New commuter airline stalled by pandemic switches to emergency aid
- New Normal: Rear-facing seats could be the future of air travel
- Nolinor gives food a free ride
- Running a fever? Air Canada won’t let you board
- Second Boeing 777X completes first flight
- Temperature screening for COVID-19 ineffective: Canada’s top doctor
- The Big Park: How airlines are storing their unused aircraft in a pandemic
- The Socially Distant Airshow: A virtual airshow that became very real
- WestJet will make it through COVID-19, but may not recover to previous size, warns CEO
- Workers should be front and centre in feds’ relief efforts for aviation, hospitality sectors
- Working in tandem: Business aviation’s continued support of medevac operations
