March 14, 2020 – Future bookings seesaw, airlines unable to predict: Transat
TOP STORY
Transat says ‘impossible’ to predict future bookings as coronavirus outbreak weighs
CTA DECISIONS
- Application – Aeromedevac , Inc. of El Cajon, Calif., USA – Determination No. A-2020-41
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Application – Aero J.L. S.A. de C.V. c-o-b as Vitalis Air Ambulance – Determination No A-2020-39
Pursuant to subsection 73(2) of the Canada Transportation Act - Suspension – D.K. Heli-Cropper Int’l Ltd. – Determination No. A-2020-40
Continue suspension of licence nos. 110042 and 110043 - Suspension – New England Air Transport, Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-29
Licence no. 170037 - Suspension – Supreme Air Cargo, Inc. – Order No. 2020-A-28
Licence no. 010081
TC/TSB NEWS
- Ineffective visual monitoring during takeoff led to January 2019 runway excursion in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
- Investigation report: July 2019 fatal collision with terrain south of Chibougamau, Quebec
- Minister of Transport advocates for Safer Skies at ICAO Council to improve aviation safety near or over conflict zones
- TSB releases preliminary 2019 transportation occurrence statistics
- Foreign airworthiness directives
- Canadian Airworthiness Directives
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
AFA
AFA EAP: Managing your anxiety around coronavirus
CBAA
A statement regarding CBAA 2020
AirSprint named one of Canada’s best managed companies
Recommended disinfection and sanitation practices for aircrafts – Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COPA
Aircraft insurance rates rising
All female Dreamliner crew
Cell tower proposal nixed
Pickering Airport report released
Pitts crash TSB report out
ICAO
ICAO Council adopts COVID-19 declaration
ICAO Council takes action on PS752 and conflict zones
ICAO safety audit programme celebrates 20-year anniversary
UNION ASSOCIATION NEWS
UNIFOR 2002
Unifor urges Ottawa to proactively protect workers from COVID-19 virus
AIRPORT NEWS
- ‘We see a lot of hams’: Halifax airport travellers sure like their illegal pork
- ACI reveals world’s best airports for customer experience
- ACI World predicts global COVID-19 traffic and revenue impacts on airports
- Coronavirus: Saskatoon airport considered low-risk for COVID-19, authorities say
- COVID-19: The importance of airport charges and revenue in a time of crisis
- Improved passenger experience through the use of People Flow Intelligence in airports
- Moose killed in name of airport security Tuesday in St. John’s
- Passenger drop hits bottom line for Vancouver airport, businesses
- Vancouver Airport Authority commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- 9eGEN project moves closer to the practical use of high voltage in fast helicopters
- ATSB puts focus on sling load safety after accident
- ATSB: AS355F-1 engine failure followed rapid fatigue crack propagation
- COVID19 – Equinor suspends helicopter services to several North Sea rigs
- FAA issues SAIB alerting R44 & R66 owners of potential battery leakage
- Going fishing: A year in the life of a tuna boat helicopter pilot
- Hydro-Québec signs MoU to develop drone powerline patrol solution
- Safran to study biofuels production in southwest France
AVIATION NEWS
- ACI calls for strengthened co-operation surrounding COVID-19 outbreak
- Air Canada ‘indefinitely’ suspending service at Lethbridge airport beginning March 31
- Air Canada cancels order for 11 Boeing 737 Max jets amid ongoing questions
- Air Canada waives fees on rebookings up to 24 hours before travel due to coronavirus
- Canadian university project selected for the Airbus GEDC Diversity Award
- Ethiopian investigators criticize Boeing in interim Flight 302 crash report
- FlyGTA to provide air ambulance service in North America
- Here is WestJet president’s response to coronavirus outbreak
- How are Canada’s biggest airlines cleaning planes amid coronavirus outbreak?
- Iran indicates it will hand over Flight 752 recorders
- Longview’s first production CL-415EAF “Enhanced Aerial Firefighter” amphibious aircraft takes inaugural flight
- Low-cost airlines and why they keep missing the boarding call in Canada
- LunaJets: demand for private jets services is skyrocketing due to coronavirus
- Nova Scotia court stays CVR ruling pending June appeal
- NTSB: More than a quarter of fatally injured pilots test positive for potentially impairing drugs
- Transport Canada posed questions about Boeing’s 737 Max as early as 2016, documents show
- Tsuu T’ina Nation police service to deploy Axon Air
- Virus crisis has investors doubting Air Canada’s Transat deal
- WestJet freezes hiring, considers suspending routes as COVID-19 hammers bottom line