January 23, 2021 – Canada clears Boeing 737 Max for flight nearly 2 years after global grounding
TOP STORY
Transport Canada officially lifts the ban on Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 planes
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – WestJet – Determination A-2021-13
Application for exemption from the application of section 59 of the CTA – exemption granted pursuant to paragraph 80(1)(c) of the CTA, subject to several conditions
- Application – 0869234 B.C. c.o.b. Streak Air – Determination No. A-2021-12
Application for license to operate a domestic service, small aircraft – license issued
- Application – Voluxis Limited – Determination No. A-2021-11
Application for license to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between the United Kingdom and Canada – license issued, subject to conditions
- Suspension – Air 7, LLC – Order No. 2021-A-S-8
License No. 170036
- Application – Air Canada also c.o.b. Air Canada rouge and as Air Canada Cargo – Determination No. A-2021-10
Application by Air Canada to amend Condition No. 1 of License No. 110020 in order to operate international service between Canada and Egypt using its own aircraft – Condition 1 amended
- Suspension – Avion Jet Charter, LLC c.o.b. Golden State Jet, LLC – Order No. 2021-A-S-5
License No. 140024
- Suspension – Copenhagen AirTaxi A/S – Order No. 2021-A-S-6
License No. 200041
- Suspension – IXAIR – Order No. 2021-A-S-7
License No. 160053
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Government of Canada announces agreement with Government of Ontario to support essential air access to remote communities
- Interim Order Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation due to COVID-19, No. 19
- Transport Canada introduces additional requirements to allow for the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- COPA – COVID-19 in Ontario, a general aviation perspective
- COPA – TSB investigation into mid-2020 Murphy Aircraft collision with terrain
- COPA – TSB reports on late-2019 runway incursion at Pearson
- ICAO – ICAO updates Global Tourism Crisis Committee on latest vaccine and testing developments in air transport
UNION NEWS
- ALPA – ALPA Canada statement on the 737 MAX return to service
- CUPE – Air Canada is taking federal dollars and running, leaving thousands of workers behind: CUPE
- CUPE – Canada’s flight attendants call for action plan from Trudeau government for airline sector
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI’s new economic policies on competition and fostering market-based pricing strategies for charges
- A look ahead to what 2021 holds for aviation
- Calgary airport limits terminal access to travellers and employees
- Engaged employees are the foundation of delivering the best customer experience
- Expedited COVID-19 airport testing set to launch February in Edmonton
- Fake positive COVID-19 test delays passengers for hours at Iqaluit airport after flight from Ottawa
- Future of Huronia Airport lands on municipal shoulders
- Gander wants to put pressure on federal, provincial government regarding airport troubles
- GardaWorld lays off 500 screening officers at Pearson Airport
- International border COVID-19 testing pilot at Edmonton airport to begin Feb. 1
- Kelowna airport reporting massive drop in passenger traffic for 2020
- Pandemic’s impact ‘negligible’ at Lake Simcoe airport, official says
- Review could see air traffic control removed from Sault airport
- Sudbury airport sees major drop in airport passenger traffic
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Bell evaluates unique APT Configuration in Canada
- Drones: A license to deliver
- Drone Delivery Canada announces update on healthcare projects
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada and UWindsor partnership to help international students get cheaper flights
- Air Canada flights suspended until April
- As flight service collapses in Atlantic Canada under strain of COVID-19, some worry the region’s being cut off from the rest of the country
- At least 50,000 flight reservations have been cancelled since mandatory COVID-19 testing was introduced
- Canadian Airlines plan seven hour transatlantic Boeing 737 MAX flights
- Central Mountain Air suspends routes, blames Ottawa
- False positive COVID-19 test delays passengers for hours at Iqaluit airport after flight from Ottawa
- Fort Nelson loses flight service for at least 3 months amid COVID slump
- Has federal pre-flight COVID testing worked?
- Rotational workers dealt ‘another huge blow’ as Air Canada flights slashed
- WestJet returns 737 MAX to service
- WestJet urges Ottawa to reject Air Canada’s takeover of Transat or impose conditions