March 13, 2021 – WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles
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WestJet cancels orders for 15 Boeing 737 Max planes as industry struggles
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – DHL Air Ltd. c.o.b. DHL Air – Determination No. A-2021-39
Application for license to operate a scheduled international service in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning Air Services, initialled November 30, 2018 – application issued pursuant to conditions
- Suspension – DHL Air Ltd. c.o.b. DHL Air – Determination No. A-2021-38
Application for license to operate a non-scheduled international service to transport traffic on a charter basis between United Kingdom and Canada – license issued pursuant to conditions
- Suspension – Chrysler Aviation, Inc – Determination No. 2021-A-S-44
License No. 200024
- Cancellation – Travel Management Company, LLC – Determination No. A-2021-37
License No. 060101
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Continued flight in poor weather claimed four lives in 2019 floatplane crash on Addenbroke Island, BC
- Investigation report: August 2020 collision with terrain of a helicopter northwest of Stewart, British Columbia
- Investigation report: July 2020 loss of control and collision with terrain of a helicopter in Thorburn Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC – AIAC testifies before House of Commons Industry Committee on need for sector strategy
- COPA – Blue Line Aviation places order for 100 Diamond aircraft
- COPA – Gander airport continuing with revamp of its iconic international lounge
- COPA – Honeywell updates hybrid-electric power source plans
- COPA – TSB: Fatal 2019 accident highlights risk of night flying with inadequate visual references
- COPA – TSB reports on late-2020 fatal collision with power line at Alberta Aerodrome
- ICAO – Aviation gender equality explored at joint ICAO, IATA, ACI #IWD 2021 women in leadership high level dialogue
- ICAO – ICAO Council marks #IWD 2021 with concrete commitments on gender equality
UNION NEWS
- UNIFOR2002 – Let’s save Canadian aviation
AIRPORT NEWS
- Airports invest in technology to advance industry recovery
- Blind spot leaves Victoria airport’s new $4.3 million taxiway extension unusable
- Canada’s airports reinforce call for government action as expected losses grow with new travel restrictions
- Canadian airports call for urgent plan to reverse domestic and international travel restrictions
- Comox Valley Airport examining options to tap into B.C.’s $16.5 million airport restart funding
- Halifax airport planning for aviation sector restart, recovery
- Passenger levels continue to concern airport development corporation
- Pilot has access to runway ‘blocked’ by Walkerton, Ont. airport
- St. John Airport CEO says $15-million modernization project key to future growth
- Sunwing brings back direct flights to Toronto, met with cautious optimism from N.L. airports
- What is the future of the Muskoka Airport? Local pilots express concerns
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- ‘A miracle’: Pilots fortunate to survive helicopter crash on B.C.’s Bowen Island
- Fatal northwest B.C. helicopter crash possibly caused by rain, says investigation report
- Pilots decided not to land moments before deadly Newfoundland helicopter crash
- St. John’s firefighters grounded, as helicopters rescue team remains in ‘holding pattern’
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada Cargo boosts freight fleet while launching e-commerce service
- Air Transat suggests survival hinges on Air Canada deal
- Alberta Transportation Minister McIver urges Nav Canada to hold off review of Fort McMurray air traffic control
- Canada’s aviation industry needs a total overhaul, not just a bailout
- De Havilland entitled to terminate SpiceJet Dash 8 order: UK judge
- Dirt-cheap flights offered as airlines rebuild battered networks
- Is Canada setting itself up for cross-border air passenger leakage?
- CUPE probing gender harassment complaints against WestJet union execs
- Menzies Aviation supports WestJet at five new stations in British Columbia
- Pilot decision to fly to B.C. fish camp in poor weather cited by TSB in deadly crash
- Statement on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
- The Airbus A200 vs the Airbus A319neo – Which is better?
- Transat future: There seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel
- WestJet, Boeing agree to cancel orders for 15 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft