TOP STORY
B.C. Health officials prepare coronavirus diagnostic test, screen at airports
DECISIONS
- Frivolous claims – Kinnarath v Delta Airlines, Inc. et al – 2020 MBCA 6
Airport appealed City’s approval of new place of worship within airport operating influence zone – Christian church proposed within operating influence zone – airport objected to building because it was noise-sensitive – most activities in church of communal or social nature – outdoor activities susceptible to noise – appeal dismissed – church was within permissible noise limits
CIRB DECISIONS
- Exclusion – Fredericton International Airport Authority – Order No. 11475-U
Airport authority applied to exclude its Director of Regulatory Affairs from PSAC bargaining unit – updated change in title for Manager of Public Relations and Marketing – union did not oppose application – new certificate reads:
all employees of the Fredericton International Airport Authority Inc., excluding the President and CEO, the Director of Operations, the Operations Manager, the Human Resources and Administration Manager, the Director of Finance, the Manager of Public Relations and Marketing, the Director of Projects and Properties and the Director of Regulatory Affairs.
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Evelyne Awaad Abdel Fattah against Société Air France and Delta Air Lines, Inc. – Decision No. 6-C-A-2020
Applicant contested Air France’s refusal to let her travel from Montreal to New York – applicant was unable to present credit card used to purchase ticket during check-in; refused boarding – Delta added as responded because its tariff applied – Air France was only carrier – Agency decided that refusal to transport was incorrect – applicant awarded $10 in taxi fare - Application – Stuck in the Middle Airlines Limited c-o-b as SIM Air – Determination No. A-2020-12
For an exemption from the application of section 59 of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – Sunwing Airlines Inc. (Sunwing), on behalf of itself and UAB GetJet Airlines (GetJet) – Determination No. A-2020-11
Pursuant to section 60 of the Canada Transportation Act and section 8.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations - Application – Eurowings GmbH c-o-b as Eurowings – Determination No. A-2020-10
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – Eurowings GmbH c-o-b as Eurowings – Determination No. A-2020-9
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – SunExpress Deutschland GmbH – Determination No. A-2020-8
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – SunExpress Deutschland GmbH – Determination No. A-2020-7
Pursuant to subsection 69(1) of the Canada Transportation Act - Suspension – Hélipsair Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-15
Licence No. 090041 - Suspension – AirDialog LLC c-o-b as Linear Air – Order No. 2020-A-14
Licence No. 040122 - Suspension – Air 7, LLC – Order No. 2020-A-13
Licence No. 170036, licence re-instated effective January 22, 2020 - Suspension – Express Aviation Charter Management, LLC c-o-b as Express Air Medical Transport – Order No. 2020-A-12
Licence No. 180060
TC/TSB NEWS
- Deteriorating weather, insufficient student supervision led to fatal collision with terrain of a helicopter in November 2018
- Investigation report: July 2019 hard landing in Edmonton, Alberta
- Runway incursion by snowplow proceeding through holding position onto active runway
- Status and next steps in the PS752 safety investigation
- TSB deploys a team following helicopter accident near Beemer Island, Quebec
- Canadian airworthiness directives
- Foreign airworthiness directives
- MMEL notification
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
AFA
Novel coronavirus outbreak
CBAA
Weekly briefing
HAC
A new year… and a long list of challenges ahead
HAC is saddened to mark the passing of Kenneth Neil Stewart
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
ALPA
Coronavirus update for flight crews
PSAC
Equity and inclusion: what is the Liberal government promising?
UNIFOR 2002
Air Canada CSSA members: ratification meetings delayed
AIRPORT NEWS
- Airport economics and finance at the crossroads
- Airports Council International and the Aviation Information Sharing and Analytics Center enter cooperative agreement
- Halifax Stanfield prioritizes accessibility
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Bell’s V-280 Valor can take off and land without people in control
- Elbit Systems successfully demonstrates high-altitude high-precision aerial firefighting solution
- Helicopter Foundation International changes name
- Highlights on new civil programs in progress
- History in flight: Red Bull’s Bristol Sycamore
- New HAI president Jim Viola aims to expand association’s reach
- St. David’s HealthCare discovers opportunity for universal transport incubator
- Vertical launches YouTube channel
AVIATION NEWS
- ‘Alone and lost’: family of Canadian killed in Ethiopian air crash says government ‘abandoned’ them
- ‘Seasonality’ proving a challenge for Swoop Airlines, CEO says
- ‘They have a monopoly’: Northern Manitoba First Nations decry Perimeter Aviation following crash
- Air Canada and the A220: a perfect pairing
- Air Canada provides update on Boeing 737 MAX operations
- Canadian airlines feel the pressure of flight-shaming and the ‘Greta effect’
- Class action launched regarding Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
- Eviation Alice catches fire in Arizona
- Flair Airlines looks to grow its fleet
- FLYHT awarded satcom contract from WestJet
- IFALPA on entry into force of the Montreal Protocol 2014
- Man furious with Air Canada after wife finds rock in meal served on flight
- Manitoba Aviation Career Fair and Conference to be held in April
- NAV Canada announces December traffic figures
- NAV Canada rate change upheld by Canadian Transportation Agency
- Precision Aviation Group acquires World Aviation Corporation
- StandAero’s P.E.I. facility set engine overhaul record in 2019
- Transportation Minister to meet with families of Canadian 737 Max crash victims
- TSB chair calls on Iran to take swift action on Flight PS752’s black boxes
- TSB outlines next steps in Flight PS752 safety investigation
- WestJet statement on Boeing 737 MAX
