TOP STORY
Indigenous pilot training school loses entire fleet in airport fire
CIRB DECISIONS
Bargaining Unit Order – Menzies Aviation (Canada) Ltd. – Order No. 11685-U
All employees working at the Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) in Comox, British Columbia, excluding station supervisors and persons above the rank of station supervisor
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Crow Executive Air, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-S-13
License No. 967746 - Suspension – Tom Wood Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-S-16
License No. 130043 - Suspension – AEROFLOT – RUSSIAN AIRLINES – Order No. 2022-A-S-17
License No. 975140
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- COVID-19: Guidance Material for Air Operators Managing Travellers Coming to Canada from Transborder & International Airports
- Government of Canada invests in safety at Saint John Airport
- Government of Canada invests in safety at airports in Quebec
- Government of Canada prohibits Russian aircraft to enter Canadian airspace
- Guidance for Air Carriers in managing travellers departing from a Canadian aerodrome
- Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, No. 56
- TSB preliminary statistics show increase in number of occurrences for air, pipeline, and railway transportation in 2021 compared to 2020
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – Canada travel advisories on Ukraine
- CBAA – NOTAM: Canadian airlines are prohibited from operating in Ukrainian airspace and within 100NM of the borders of neighbouring countries
- CBAA – NOTAM issued to impacting Canadian airspace
- COPA – Block time arrangements, the devil is in the details
- COPA – Doesn’t the verdict come at the end of a trial?
- COPA – Humboldt submitting grant for airport condition study
- COPA – Red Deer airport to begin $15M expansion
- IATA – Air passenger numbers to recover in 2024
- IATA – IATA releases 2021 airline safety performance
- ICAO – ICAO Council condemns violation of territorial integrity and airspace of Ukraine
- NACC – Eased government testing requirements for travellers come into effect
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – WestJet pilots react to the purchase of Sunwing Vacations and Airlines by WestJet Group
- CUPE – CUPE 4070 reacts to WestJet acquisition of Sunwing Airlines
- CUPE – Sunwing flight attendant union responds to WestJet-Sunwing acquisition proposal
- IAMAW – IAM responds to WestJet acquisition of Sunwing
- PSAC – NAV CANADA: Team tables demands as bargaining begins
- Unifor – Unifor welcomes WestJet purchase of Sunwing Airlines and Vacations
- Unifor2002 – SkyLink Express: Bargaining update
AIRPORT NEWS
- $18 million Red Deer airport project expected to lure low-cost air carrier
- Air Canada could soon be flying new Airbus fleet out of Mississauga’s Pearson Airport
- As COVID-19 restrictions loosen Monday, airport and bar staff relieved
- COVID-19: The CBSA adjusts services at select airports
- Hamilton International Airport’s cargo flights soar, while passenger trips plunge in 2021
- International flights returning to London airport this fall says CEO
- International flights can now land at Nanaimo Airport
- New airline touches down at Waterloo Region’s airport
- Protests over Pickering airport continue 50 years after it was first announced
- Smithers airport receives $505,000 in COVID-relief funding
- Stephenville mayor confident airport deal with get done, bringing big benefits
- Strengthening airport commercial revenue as air travel sets to increase – new guidance series launched
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Aero Asset announces new business unit
- ITPS Canada to launch eVTOL flight test simulator
- GPMS receives Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate for Airbus H125 helicopter
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada, restricted by government, cuts executive compensation
- Air Canada solidifies its commitment to cargo for the long term
- As Russian planes face airspace bans, Canada investigates reported Aeroflot violation
- CAE concludes acquisition of Sabre’s Airline Operations (AirCentre) Portfolio
- CAE to support NATO flying training in Canada through 2027
- Canada Jetlines welcomes first aircraft to Canada
- Canada orders two Russian planes out of its airspace after they declared they were ‘humanitarian’ flights
- Canada requests proposals for Future Aircrew Training; SkyAlyne to bid
- Charter plane carrying 2 Russian nationals grounded in Yellowknife
- Chorus to acquire Falko to create a premier full-service provider in regional aviation
- Dart products, services expand with Paravion acquisition
- Hospitality and travel group urges Canadian government to further ease COVID-19 restrictions
- Less stringent COVID-19 testing measures arrive for Canadians returning from abroad
- Man arrested for assaulting Air Canada employee
- NAV CANADA statement on Aeroflot flight AFL111
- Sunwing representative fired after promising negative COVID test results to Quebec travellers
- The rise and fall (and rise again) of De Havilland Canada
- WestJet Group to acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines, delivering greater value and more sun destinations for Canada