TOP STORY
WestJet sticks to 737 Max 8
DECISIONS
- Fuel spill – Kirk v Executive Flight Centre Fuel Services Ltd – 2019 BCCA 111
Appeal from certification of class action – private nuisance and negligence – tanker truck fell down embankment – delivering jet fuel to helicopters fighting forest fires – 35,000 litres of A1 jet fuel spilled – local state of emergency – property owners of 2,776 properties evacuated for day – company initiated spill response – trial judge certified class action against company – court of appeal refused certification – issue remitted to trial – elements of private nuisance not suitable for class action – any individual assessment of damages not suitable for class action – impact of spill on individual properties cannot be tied together in single action
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Airborne Aircraft Management, LLC c-o-b as Seattle Aircraft Charter of Bellevue, Washingston, USA – Determination No. A-2019-65
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Suspension – Storm Flying Service, Inc. – Order No. 2019-A-57
License no. 967683
TC/TSB NEWS
- Government of Canada investing in safety at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
- Foreign Airworthiness Directives
- MMEL Notifications
- Aeronautical Information Manual
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – CBAA 2019 education sessions
- HAC – Don’t miss our spring reception in Yellowknife at NATA on April 29
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
- ACPA – National Day of Mourning
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada Marks #Earthday2019 via new partnership with ocean clean-up organization 4ocean
- Airbus, Bombardier advise patience concerning A220 orders
- Avionics transitions
- Bombardier relocates Q Series support team for Africa and the Middle East
- Duncan Aviation announces regional manager for Canada
- FlightPath signs agreement for pilot and maintenance training in India
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announces new custom private jet
- Judge tosses Bombardier’s suit against Mitsubishi America
- Loud jets from Abbotsford Airport are annoying Sumas WA USA residents, town’s mayor says
- Magellan Aerospace signs multi-year 777X contract
- Mexico, Canada to sign aircraft maintenance agreement
- Nine aviation agencies will have seat on FAA’s Max review panel
- Skies mourns the loss of Guy Maher
- Solomon Airlines selects StandardAero for PW120A support
- Transat’s sustainability commitment lasts far beyond Earth Day
- WestJet CEO Ed Sims will stick with Boeing 737 Max 8 as airline’s turnaround plan continues
- WestJet unveils its 787 Dreamliner maintenance hangar
- YVR marks retirement of Mary Jordan, board chair, with scholarship