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B.C. family to be compensated by Air Canada for missed flight
DECISIONS
- Small claims suit, flight delay – McNabb v. Air Canada, 2021 BCCRT (100)
Applicants sought damages under the Canada Transportation Act and Air Passenger Protection Regulations – applicants’ first claim for damages for cancelled flight – claim dismissed, as flight was cancelled for safety-related issues – applicants’ second claim for damages for delayed flight, resulting in passengers missing connecting flight at last leg of the trip – Court found airline’s explanation for delay “vague” and “varying”, such that it did not prove the delay was beyond its control, or within its control but due to safety purposes – claim upheld, passengers awarded $1000 per person, for $3000 total
CTA DECISIONS
- Cancellations – West Wind Aviation Limited Partnership by its General Partner, West Wind Management Ltd – Order No. A-2021-19
License Nos. 972192, 977273
- Suspension – Paragon Aviation Logistics, Inc c.o.b. as Paragon Executive Charter and CSM Aviation – Order No. 2021-A-S-19
License No. 200032
- Suspension – Freedom Aviation, Inc. – Order No. 2021-A-S-17
License No. 160007
- Suspension – Reynolds Outfitting Ltd. – Order No. 2021-A-S-15
License No. 990020
- Application – Cargolux Airlines International, S.A. (Cargolux), on behalf of itself and Cargolux Italia S.p.A. – approval pursuant to section 60 of the CTA and section 8.2 of the ATR – Determination No. A-2021-18
Application for approval to permit Cargolux to provide scheduled international service and non-scheduled international service between Canada and Luxembourg using aircraft with flight crew provided by Cargolux Italia – application requesting exemption from application of subsection 8.2(2) of the ATR – CTA approved application subject to several conditions
- Application – Bradley Air Services Limited c.o.b. First Air and/or Ptarmigan Airways and/or Northwest Territorial Airways and/or or NWT Air, on behalf of itself and Lynden Air Cargo, LLC c.o.b. Lynden Air Cargo and as Loken Aviation – approval pursuant to section 60 of the CTA and section 8.2 of the ATR – Determination No. A-2021-17
First Air, on behalf of itself and Lynden, applied to CTA for approval to permit First Air to provide domestic service, all-cargo aircraft, using a Hercules-type aircraft with flight crew provide by Lynden – CTA approved application subject to several conditions
- Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. Air Canada Rouge and as Air Canada Cargo and WestJet – temporary exemption from the advance notice requirements of section 64 of the CTA – Order No. 2021-A-2
Applicants requested that the Agency grant a further extension of XX exemptions until June 30, 2021, or such longer period as the Agency may consider appropriate, and that it also shorten the notice period to 15 days – extension granted until August 31, 2021
- Suspension – AirAlliance Express AG & Co. KG – Order No. 2021-A-S-12
License No. 170054
- Suspension – D.B. Aviation Ltd. c.o.b. as D.B. Air – Order No. 2021-A-S-10
License Nos. 970204, 970205
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Government of Canada announces agreement with Government of Manitoba to support essential air access to remote communities
- Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, No. 20
- Investigation report: July 2020 loss of control during a rejected take-off at Stave Lake, British Columbia
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CAC – Cooperation is essential if air industry is to survive latest travel restrictions
- CBAA-ACAA – Government of Canada introduces further restrictions on international travel
- CBAA-ACAA – New COVID travel restrictions: what happens (and doesn’t happen) February 4th
- COPA – Cirrus unveils limited edition to celebrate upcoming 8,000th SR Series delivery
- COPA – EV chargers open at Nanaimo Airport
- COPA – Hartzell STC for Talon Prop on Extra 300L
- COPA – Saskatchewan invests in community airports, applications open for next year
UNION NEWS
- CUPE – MAYDAY, PM Trudeau!
- UNIFOR2002 – Air Canada / Aeroplan: Mitigation update
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World Annual General Assembly provides milestone for industry recovery
- ACI World welcomes airport industry climate action amid COVID-19
- COVID-19: Digital interaction and integrated mobility as a response to current crisis
- Hamilton’s airport confirms surge in cargo as leisure travel plummets
- New EV chargers open at Nanaimo Airport
- Saskatoon International Airport ‘decimated’ by COVID-19 pandemic
- Toronto Pearson lowers passenger forecast for 2021
- The vaccine is here – but what could that mean for the future of travel?
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Google Alphabet plans to use drones for fire-fighting “fizzle out”
- RCAF helicopter flies over Peterborough area hospitals in support of front-line health care
- VIDEO: Search and Rescue conduct helicopter training
AVIATION NEWS
- 130 WestJet employees in Manitoba permanently laid off as airlines switches to contractor
- Aeromexico suspends flights to Canada
- Air Canada becomes second Canadian airline to resume MAX flights
- Air Canada to pause Rouge operations, cut 80 employees amid new COVID-19 travel rules
- Air Canada, Suncor and other companies launch ‘rapid screening consortium’ to test for coronavirus
- Air Canada, WestJet testify before Committee on Transport as financial challenges persist; Rouge services suspended indefinitely
- Airlines push to add rapid testing at airports – but shorten quarantines
- Airline service to Fort Nelson, B.C., to resume with funding from governments
- Brace yourself: Long-haul travel may not get going until 2023
- Canada’s COVID rules on leisure travel weighing on business, say industry officials
- Canada’s new travel restrictions ‘a death blow’ to airlines, UNIFOR president says
- Cash-strapped airlines call for clarity from Ottawa on when vaccinated Canadians can travel again
- COVID’s impact on aviation insurance could be worse than you think
- How airlines are racing to curb rising carbon emissions
- Negotiations continue on support for Canada’s airline, aerospace industry; ‘no conclusion’ on what an outcome will look like
- New travel measures increase need for airline aid: Transport minister
- No refunds without a bailout, Air Canada executive says
- Pre-confederation, we had no rail, we had no bus. Except for limited flights, that’s where we are now
- Province asks feds to reverse Nav Canada’s decision to lay off air traffic controllers in Regina
- Sunwing Airlines secures $375 million loan from Canada
- WestJet adds extra flights to Canada from Caribbean and Mexico