TOP STORY
B.C. court certifies former flight attendant’s class action against WestJet
DECISIONS
- Appeal – class action certification – Lewis v. WestJet Airlines Ltd., 2022 BCCA 145
Appellant claims WestJet breached employment contracts by failing to design, implement and maintain workplace program to combat harassment – application for certification as class action dismissed by certification judge – appeal allowed in part – claims certified as class proceeding – certification judge did not err in refusing to certify proposed common issue related to aggregate damages
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Unit Order – Strategic Aviation Services, Ltd. – Order No. 11714-U
Unifor – “all employees of Strategic Aviation Services, Ltd., working in the following classifications: ground service agent(s) (GSA), lead ground service agent(s), cabin cleaning agent(s) (groomers) as well as lead cabin cleaning agent(s) who work at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport located at 747 Bell Boulevard, Goffs, Nova Scotia, excluding supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisor.” - Bargaining Unit Order – Perimeter Aviation LP – Order No. 11712-U
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 175 – “all employees of Perimeter Aviation LP (doing business as Bearskin Airlines) in the City of North Bay, Ontario, excluding supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisor.”
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – ExecuFlight, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-7
License no. 060042 - Suspension – Griffing Flying Service, Inc. – Order No. 2022-A-S-53
License no. 975146 and 977348 - Suspension – Air 7, LLC – Order No. 2022-A-S-58
License no. 170036
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- COVID-19: Guidance on the requirements for the implementation of a Policy Respecting Mandatory Vaccination
- Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, No. 60
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – CBAA continues to lobby for the best outcomes on the federal luxury tax on aircraft with a new submission to Finance Canada
- CBAA – Ottawa will retain mask mandate for all flights between Canada and the U.S.
- CBAA – Over 50 additional airports are expected to resume CBSA services in early May
- COPA – Air Canada single day passenger load exceeds 100,000
- COPA – Airport runway repaving goes ahead this spring
- COPA – Chibougamau-Chapais Airport poised to resume normal operations
- COPA – Improving regional access through affordable airfares
- COPA – Region of Queens Municipality sells Greenfield Airport
- NACC – Canada’s major airlines respond to exemption request made by Flair Airlines
UNION NEWS
- Unifor – Unifor partners with Western University to examine harassment in hospitality, gaming and airline industries
- Unifor2002 – Update for April 19, 2022 – Blue Pass Award for the former Handlex Passenger Service Agents
AIRPORT NEWS
- Airports anticipate and respond to financial market, customer, and community needs
- Dorval’s Trudeau Airport says “The worst is behind us.”
- New domestic arrivals terminal now open at regional airport
- No one injured in small plane crash near Buttonville Airport
- North America seeing a hiring boom in airport industry cybersecurity roles
- Pearson Airport in Mississauga is 2nd busiest airport in Canada
- Sky’s the limit for Huronia Airport as task force lands ambitious report
- With the future of Stephenville’s airport unclear, politician presses for more support
- YLW celebrates 75 years around the sun
- YYC partners with Altitude Infrastructure Group on major runway project
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Birchcliff Energy provides $1.5 million to STARS fleet in Grande Prairie
- LTTS awarded major eVTOL contract from Jaunt
- SKYTRAC acquires Troo Corporation’s Aviation Division, including the TrooTrax flight following and mission platform
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada celebrates Earth Day by dedicating sustainable aviation fuel to four flights through its Leave Less Travel Program
- Airfares in Canada on the rise as travel demand, jet fuel prices increase
- Canada to keep mask mandate for planes, trains after U.S. rule dropped: officials
- CEO says Flair has resolved foreign ownership issue – mostly – amid regulatory probe
- Fast Air readies for unprecedented growth and a greener future
- L3Harris awarded $609M RCAF contract to deliver continued CF-18 support
- Major search effort for two missing men in plane
- NAV CANADA joins United Nations Global Compact
- Passengers still face travel disruption as Sunwing delays caused by data security breach continue
- Plaza Premium Group strengthens presence in Canada with new hire
- Travellers to Canada still required to wear masks for 14 days after arrival
- Why Canada needs a sustainable aviation fuel strategy
- ZenithJet introduces sustainability services