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Ailing aviation sector pleads for aid as Ottawa announces new travel restrictions
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Compass Airlines, LLC c.o.b. as Compass Airlines, Delta Connection and American Eagle – Determination No. A-2021-14
Applicant requested cancellation of the license – license cancelled
- Application – Hélinovations Inc. – Determination No. A-2021-15
Application for license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued subject to conditions
- Application – Hélinovations Inc. – Determination No. A-2021-16
Application for license to operate a non-scheduled service, small aircraft – license issued subject to conditions
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Government of Canada announces agreement with Government of British Columbia to support essential air access to remote communities
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- ATAC – Minister Ng announces launch of Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program
- COPA – Bell advances EDAT system out of Quebec
- COPA – Federal support for air service to remote communities
- COPA – Royal Aviation Museum in Winnipeg attaches hangar door
- ICAO – ICAO SG highlights aviation’s green transition at Davos
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – COVID vaccine updates for pilots
- CUPE – CUPE flight attendants demand federal action at House of Commons transport committee
- UNIFOR – Canada’s air traffic controllers warn Transport Committee of safety risks from tower closures and service cuts
- UNIFOR – Flair Air expansion means more pilots return to work
- UNIFOR – Ontario government extends Bombardier Labour Action Centre
- IAMAW – Lack of action in aviation sector a “black mark on Liberals’ watch”
AIRPORT NEWS
- 2020 passenger traffic at Halifax Stanfield hit 50-year low
- Airport plan adopted in Powell River
- Atlantic airports to detail COVID’s brutal beating
- Future of aviation is on the line as urgent support is needed, says ACI
- Gander was built around its airport. With flights grounded, residents say local businesses are suffering
- Huronia Airport talks take off with consultant’s report
- It’s official: 2020 worst year on record for Charlottetown Airport
- NACC statement on Ontario’s additional international travel measures
- Ontario is considering mandatory COVID-19 testing for all international travellers at Pearson airport
- Regina airport traffic control tower in question after NAV Canada announces layoffs
- The crucial role of airport communicators in industry recovery
- The digital wireless journey takes flight
- Vaccines and tests together need to be used as a tool to guide recovery, ACI World Director General tells Davos Agenda
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Drone Delivery Canada announces plans to integrate AI into its disruptive drone solution
- Drone deliveries: Coming soon to a property near you?
- Drones will deliver medical supplies to remote First Nations during COVID-19 pandemic
- Getting rescued by helicopter has risks. This gadget could make it safer.
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada drops most in five weeks on virus, travel warnings
- Air Transat: concerns and questions about the lack of recovery plan
- Air Transat to suspend all flights from Toronto, some Montreal routes until April 30
- Canada is adopting standards aimed at helping pilots land on slippery runways
- Canada’s air traffic controllers warn Transport Committee of safety risks from tower closures and service cuts
- Future of country’s airline industry is ‘frightening’, MPs told
- ‘Now is just not the time to be flying’: PM Trudeau announces new travel restrictions
- The Boeing 737 MAX remains a risky ride
- Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric commercial airplanes
- Viking Air tests Twin Otter at Port Alberni airport
- What international flights are generating COVID warnings?
