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Canada’s Major Airlines Welcome Federal Government’s Decision to End Pre-Departure Testing for Fully Vaccinated Travellers
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Air Canada c.o.b. Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2022-29
Application for extra-bilateral authority to permit it to operate three additional cargo flights per week from Canada to Ecuador – license varied to extent necessary
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, No. 58 – Updated March 24, 2022
- Investigation report: Collision with terrain near Slave Lake Airport, Alberta
- Investigation report: Dynamic rollover near Hope Bay Aerodrome, Nunavut
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA – New update on luxury tax
- COPA – Levaero celebrates 25 years in business
- IATA – IATA announces first industry-developed passenger CO2 calculation methodology
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – PAL Airlines pilots rally for first contract
- Unifor – Unifor congratulates federal NDP-Liberal agreement that includes commitment to introduce anti-scab legislation
AIRPORT NEWS
- ADM announces financial results for the year ended December 31, 2021
- Dawson and Whitehorse airports ready for visitors as Canada drops border testing
- Greater Toronto Airports Authority commits $350,000 in funding to help combat underemployment
- Kenora, Red Lake and Atikokan airports receive FedNor funds
- North Peace Airport relaxes mask requirements
- Ontario to introduce legislation to stop future ‘illegal’ blockades at borders, airports
- Provincial mask mandates are being lifted but airports and airlines say they’ll still be enforced
- Vancouver International Airport welcomes removal of pre-arrival COVID-19 resting for vaccinated pax
- “We’re excited to get busy again”: Kenora Airport hopeful for normal summer
- What to expect to and from YLW this spring
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Japan Aerospace Corporation and Kawasaki Heavy Industries engage DART Aerospace to certify Fire Attack System for the new five-bladed H145/BK117D-3
- Mosaic commits another $2.5 million to STARS in Saskatchewan
- STARS launches ‘Mission Ready’ podcast
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada announces the acquisition of 26 Airbus A321neo extra-long range aircraft
- Air Canada reaffirms and strengthens its commitment to official languages in its corporate culture
- Canada Jetlines prepares for take-off as Canadian Government lifts pre-departure testing requirements
- Canada Jetlines readies for summer launch, aims to carve out niche in leisure market
- Canada Jetlines taps Fareportal OTA’s as first travel agency partner
- Canada revises proposed aircraft luxury tax
- Canada’s major airlines welcome Federal Government’s decision to end pre-departure testing for fully vaccinated travellers
- Canadian aviation company caught in Russia’s confiscation of hundreds of foreign-owned jets
- Fast Air achieves Canada’s 1st NATA aviation sustainability certification
- Hamilton man dead after small plane crash near Brantford Airport
- Independent study indicates Bombardier’s impact on Canadian economic growth in 2021, estimated at $5.7B in GDP
- India’s flybig to acquire up to ten De Havilland Canada Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft
- Jazz Aviation named one of the top employers in Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada for the eleventh year in a row
- Massive Russian plane stuck at Toronto Pearson after being grounded indefinitely
- More fines for Montreal influencers filmed partying on Sunwing flight
- Negative PCR tests for travellers end on April 1
- Nunavut Government approves another $22M in airline support
- PilotsGlobal partners with CBAA to promote pilot job opportunities in Canada
- Sunwing statement on the removal of the pre-departure testing requirement
- WestJet Cargo and the GTA Group announce partnership expansion to better serve Canada’s express cargo market
