DECISIONS
- Adjournment Application – Claim due to passenger injury – Hayer v. Qatar Airways, 2016 BCSC 2477
Defendants seeking trial adjournment – Witness unavailable for trial – Injuries of passenger not properly settled for trial – Dismissed, trial to proceed as scheduled - Application – Independent medical examination – Yu et al v 171817 Canada Inc., 2016 NWTSC 73
Defendant seeking IME in British Columbia – Plaintiff wants IME in California or by videoconference – Allowed, Plaintiff to attend IME in Vancouver in conjunction with examination for discovery - Human Rights – Dismissal – McKenna v. Capitol Taxi – Ottawa, 2017 HRTO 29
No response to Notice of Intent to Dismiss – HRTO lacks jurisdiction over Airport Authority – Application dismissed against Airport Authority only
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – Air Transat A.T. Inc. c.o.b. as Air Transat – Order No. 2017-A-7
Exemption from section 59 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c.10, as amended - Application – Great Western Air LLC c.o.b. as Cirrus Aviation Services – Order No. 2017-A-8
Exemption from the application of section 103.3 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Saltwater West Enterprises Ltd. c.o.b. as Alpine Lakes Air – Decision No. 6-A-2017
Suspension of Licence No. 962404 - Application – American Airlines, Inc. on behalf of itself and Air Pacific Limited c.o.b. as Fiji Airways – Decision No. 7-A-2017
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. c.o.b. as Yangtze River – Order No. 2017-A-9
Exemption from subsection 110(1) of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – UAB Avion Express on behalf of itself and Cubana de Aviacion S.A. – Decision No. 8-A-2017
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as amended, and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Suspension – Niagara Falls Air Tours Inc. – Order No. 2017-A-10
Licence No. 150066
TC/TSB NEWS
- Deteriorating weather and limited visual reference led to the fatal September 2015 helicopter accident near Foleyet, Ontario
- TSB is deploying a team to the site of an aircraft accident in Duncan, British Columbia
- Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL Revision – Boeing
- MMEL Revision – Airbus Helicopters
UNION NEWS
- UNIFOR: Unifor standing up for Northstar workers
- UNIFOR: Unifor and Ornge enter new phase of bargaining
- WPFAA: WPFAA executive approves extension to February 28, may suspend operations if targets not reached
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada software outage briefly halts computerized check-ins
- Airport screening rules revamped for transgender travellers
- Boeing, SpiceJet announce deal for up to 205 airplanes
- CAE wins defence contracts on key platforms valued at more than C$175 million
- Canada’s airlines prepare for more aggressive competition in 2017
- Foreign pilots working in Canada are not being vetted
- How airlines plan for attacks: ‘Activate GO Team’
- Kasper Airlines grounded by Transport Canada
- Keolis Canada acquires Skyport
- NewLeaf cancels more flights amid ‘schedule change’
- Northwestern Ontario air carrier re-organizing
- Porter Airlines resumes flights following system outage affecting about 400 passengers
- Transportation Safety Board calls for ‘reasonable degree of survivability’ in design standards of aircraft emergency locator transmitters
- U.S. airlines offer low-cost fares banning carry-on bags. Will Canada follow?
- Vancouver airport reveals $5.6 billion expansion plan
- WestJet flight attendants group extends unionization drive deadline
