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Canada’s flight attendants call on feds to make flying safer amid omicron surge
CIRB DECISIONS
- Bargaining Unit Order – Menzies Aviation (Canada) Ltd. – Order No. 11670-U
All employees of Menzies Aviation (Canada) Ltd. employed in Cargo Operations at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in the province of Ontario, excluding supervisors and those above the rank of supervisor
CTA DECISIONS
- Cancellation – Maxair, Incorported – Determination No A-2022-6
License No. 967539
- Application – Bradley Air Services Limited c.o.b. First Air and/or Canadian North (First Air), on behalf of itself and Lynden Air Cargo, LLC c.o.b. Lynden Air Cargo and as Loken Aviation (Lynden) – Determination No. A-2022-5
Application for approval to permit First Air to provide its domestic service, all-cargo aircraft, using a Hercules-type aircraft with flight crew provided by Lynden until January 31, 2022 – approval granted subject to conditions
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Guidance on the requirements for implementation of a Policy Respecting Mandatory Vaccination
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – Vaccine mandates
- COPA – Minor changes at the Whitecourt Airport
- COPA – Sarnia Airport master plan survey
- COPA – TSB issues recommendation on airport construction surveillance
- IATA – Passenger traffic improved in November; Omicron restrictions likely to affect period ahead
- IATA – Supply chain disruptions halve November air cargo growth
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – ALPA Canada calls on PAL Airlines to bargain in good faith and for Canada’s Labour Minister to respect the bargaining rights of PAL Airlines pilots
- Unifor2002 – Jazz CSA/ACS: Update from the Bargaining Committee
- Unifor2002 – Unifor Local 2002 reaches tentative agreement with Cargo Airport Services (CAS) Canada
AIRPORT NEWS
- Air Canada and WestJet confirm more cutbacks at Cape Breton airport but say it’s temporary
- Air Canada suspends flights from Mississauga’s Pearson Airport to some sunny destinations
- Canada could have world’s first “cannabis friendly” airport
- Continued restrictions hit Canada’s regional airports, occupants
- FLYGTA to resume at Kingston Airport
- Free up PCR tests by randomizing testing at the airport: Roundtable
- Kelowna airport struggling with staffing shortages amid Omicron
- ‘Missed email’ led to Yellowknife Airport running out of tests
- Oshawa airport creating lots of noise but not much air pollution
- Pandemic-related decline in air traffic caused Victoria International Airport almost $50 million in revenue
- Stephenville airport authority says it’s waiting for formal purchase offer from Dymond Group
- YVR eyes made-in-B.C. supply of sustainable jet fuel to tackle airline emissions
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada announces key appointments to senior leadership
- Air Canada expands new freighter network
- C. couple wins compensation after honeymoon flight abruptly cancelled
- Canada’s Jazz Air ends Dash 8-300 operations
- Cargojet renews air cargo services agreements with major domestic customers
- Emergency diversion of Flair flight to Waterloo Region ‘a big scare’, passenger says
- Flight attendants say Sunwing party flight shows what industry is dealing with amid Omicron
- Flight cancellations mount as Canadian airlines struggle with staff shortages
- Layoff of 12 unvaccinated employees at Canadian North had ‘minimal’ impact on operations, says airline
- Made-in-Canada tech poised to make airline travel safer with enhanced aircraft tracking
- NAV CANADA announces first quarter financial results
- Statement by Prime Minister on National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Air Disasters
- Voyageur Aviation unveils new EXCL Program with launch customer Sabena technics
