TOP STORY
Air CanadJetblue pilot wins landmark compensation case against airline after getting ill from contaminated aira, WestJet cabin crew unions implore Federal Government to ‘Let Us Work’, or bail us out
DECISIONS
- Preliminary Rejection – Pollués de Montréal-Trudeau (LPDMT) c. Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), 2020 QCCS 2432
Application for preliminary rejection by ADM on the basis that claim was inadmissible, abusive and evidently groundless – complex claim with multiple aspects, including request for strict night-time curfew, environmental study of building project and punitive damages – ADM argued several aspects of claim already decided or subject to other legal proceedings – others aspects hypothetical and premature – Court agreed – claim dismissed
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Certificate – PAL Airlines Ltd. – Order No. 11532-U
Canadian Air Line Dispatchers Association – all dispatchers and SOCC coordinators employed by PAL Airlines Ltd., excluding the flight operations manager, the flight coordination supervisor, the chief dispatcher and those above these ranks
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – International Air Charters, Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-150
Suspension of Licence No. 190044 - Suspension – SC Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-134
Licence No. 000144
TC/TSB NEWS
- COVID-19: Guidance material for air operators managing air travellers for flights departing from an aerodrome in Canada
- COVID-19: Guidance material for air operators managing travellers during the check-in procedure at transborder (U.S.) airports
- COVID-19: Guidance material for air operators managing travellers to Canada at international airports
- COVID-19: Interim Order respecting certain requirements for civil aviation due to COVID-19, No. 5
- COVID-19: Transport Canada Temperature Screening Standards
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- TC MMEL Notifications
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA: CBAA tells Government business aviation can help grow Canada’s economy
- COPA: Atlantic Canada sees return of nighttime Nav Canada service
- COPA: Peacekeepers’ Day marked with Buffalo flypast
- COPA: Virtual Abbotsford Airshow now online
UNION NEWS
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World issues new COVID-19 security guidance for airports
- COVID-19 and aviation security: Creating the ‘contactless’ checkpoint
- New Vancouver Airport CEO takes over amid ‘challenging time’
- Province backs new land-use studies for Winnipeg’s airport area
- Recovery from the pandemic will need consistency and collaboration
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Trials stall for Canada’s first night-time wildfire-fighting chopper in B.C.
- VFS announces winners of the 37th Annual Student Design Competition
AVIATION NEWS
- Air travellers who refuse to wear a mask now ordered to provide medical proof
- Bringing non-cooperative drone traffic into UTM solutions
- CAE to lay off 350 employees — mostly in Canada — as Q1 revenue drops by a third
- Gaps in interprovincial contact tracing increase COVID-19 risks while flying, critics say
- How selecting the Lockheed Martin F-35 could impact Canada’s economy
- NAV CANADA announces changes to customer service charges
- NAV CANADA to resume nighttime service at five Atlantic Canada locations
- Skyservice Business Aviation receives Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from Transport Canada for its installation of Aviation Clean Air purification systems on Bombardier Challenger 300/350 and Global 5000/5500/6000/6500 aircraft
- Team Eagle develops solution for decontamination of multi-user airfield equipment vehicles
