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Airlines face possible class action lawsuit as passengers fight for refunds
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Sunrise Aviation, Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-154License No. 970034
- Suspension – Reno Flight Services, Inc cob Emergency Airlift – Order No. 2020-A-140
License No. 090024
- Suspension – Grand Falls Aviation Service Ltd. – Order No. 2020-A-138
License No. 962039
- Suspension – Eagle Air Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-139
License No. 990049, reinstated effective August 25, 2020
- Application – Loon Air Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-153
License issued to operate a non-scheduled international service, small aircraft, to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country pursuant to s. 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act – License subject to prescribed conditions.
- Application – Loon Air Inc. – Determination No. A-2020-152
License issued to operate a domestic service, small aircraft pursuant to s. 61 of the Canada Transportation Act.
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- TSB confirms receipt of the flight recorder readout report concerning Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
- TSB deploys an investigator to a fatal helicopter accident near Stewart, British Columbia
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA-ACCA – CBAA welcomes Minister of Finance
- COPA – AVRO Arrow replicas in the news
- COPA – Indigenous youth complete aviation program
- COPA – Innovative company offers free drone courses
- COPA – Improper disinfecting products damage aircraft
- COPA – Snowbirds homebound
UNION NEWS
- CFPA – Concerning move by Transport Canada: oversight of commercial pilots – Ryan Jespersen Show, Omny Studio
- PSAC – Federal government must prioritize workers’ lives and rethink its strategy on activity-based workplaces
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI and Amadeus announce partnership supporting the 2020 ASQ Awards
- Boeing to skirt closed border by sending 737 Max to Metro Vancouver for Canadian testing
- Is now the right time to talk about designing for flexibility?
- Montreal airport lays off 30% of workforce, pauses most projects
- New ‘fly-out’ series attracts general aviation pilots to Port Alberni’s airport
- Ontario airline pilot marks emotional end to 45-year career
- Traffic at YYJ picking up, but still far from pre-pandemic levels
- Traffic slowly starting to pick up at Maritime airports
- Swoop takes off with recovery strategy and the start of operations at Toronto Pearson Airport
- Winnipeg airport adds high-tech LED UV handrail sterilizer to escalator
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- HAI international spotlight: Switchback Helicopters, Canada
- Upper Mission residents capture dramatic video of helicopter
- Vertical Aerospace reveals its production eVTOL design: the VA-1X
AVIATION NEWS
- ADM Aéroports de Montréal announces new exceptional measures to maintain operations
- Air Canada hopes COVID-19 test could end Canadian quarantine
- Air Canada plans voluntary COVID-19 passenger test trial: analyst note
- Air Canada says ‘small number’ of passengers refusing to wear mask
- Airlines face possible class action lawsuit as passengers fight for refunds
- Boeing woes mount with manufacturing defect found in Dreamliners
- Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association set to host Harvard Fly Day
- In Boeing Max breakthrough, Europe heads to Canada for key test
- NAV CANADA announces change to its executive team
- WestJet institutes ‘zero tolerance mask policy,’ violators face 12-month travel ban
