TOP STORY
NAV CANADA announces additional workforce change
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Aero National, Inc – Order No. 2020-A-S-84License No. 080115 – license reinstated December 8, 2020
- Suspension – Corporate Jet LLC c.o.b. Priority Jet – Order No. 2020-A-S-83License No. 030138
- Application – Talon Helicopters Ltd. – Determination No. A-2020-198Application for license to operate a non-scheduled international service, small aircraft – license issued
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Fatal collision with terrain highlights the risks of continued visual flight rules flights in adverse weather conditions
- Minister Garneau endorses the Safer Skies Commitment to aviation safety and security during Safer Skies Forum
- Speaking Notes for the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau, at the Safer Skies Forum
- Strengthened flight crew fatigue regulations coming into effect
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA – Garmin adds safety features for GTN Xi Series
- COPA – NAV CANADA lays off another 180 workers
- COPA – Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 milestone
- COPA – YUL passengers to be offered rapid screening tests
- ICAO – Canada’s “Safer Skies” proposals to support regulators’ and operators’ conflict zone risk avoidance
- ICAO – ICAO leader statement for International Civil Aviation Day
- ICAO – ICAO leadership urges agility, partnership, to hasten the pace of aviation innovation
- ICAO – Implementation of ICAO guidance key to tourism sector’s recovery
- ICAO – UN Secretary-General – Message on International Civil Aviation Day
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – COVID vaccine update for pilots
- PSAC – Firefighters at Calgary International Airport join PSAC
AIRPORT NEWS
- Abbotsford Airport hit hard COVID-19 pandemic
- ACI World publishes year-end COVID-19 economic impact analysis
- Air Canada cuts ‘final nail in the coffin’ for air service on Cape Breton Island: airport CEO
- Air Canada to make more service cuts in Atlantic Canada, region’s airports threatened
- Airport looking for brighter skies in 2021
- Making terminals safer through HVAC design
- Petition to name Edmonton International for Max Ward soars past 6,000 signatures
- Redesigning air travel beyond COVID-19
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Air ambulance helicopter now flying out of Prince George
- Great Lakes Helicopter helps Canadian snowbirds fly south
- Ornge named in top 100 Toronto employers
- Summit Helicopters starts British Columbia EMS contract
- Yellowhead Helicopters protests air ambulance contract awarding
AVIATION NEWS
- AIAC’s new chair wants Canada’s aerospace sector in position to ‘compete globally’
- Air Canada becomes first Canadian airline to offer optional biometric boarding for flights departing the US to Canada
- Air Canada to cut more routes in Atlantic provinces amid rising COVID-19 cases
- Air Canada to suspend flights between Toronto and Charlottetown in new year
- As passengers pushed for refunds, Air Canada got more than $400 million for wage subsidy
- Aviation unions call for policy change over border measures
- Aviation on ‘verge of collapse’ in Atlantic Canada
- Consumer rights advocates call for airline refunds in Parliament hearing
- Why international travellers are allowed to connect to domestic flights without quarantine
- Women in aviation: We can’t afford to lose them
