March 20, 2021 – Unions demand Trudeau government help for Canadian airlines
TOP STORY
Workers mark the one-year anniversary of federal inaction on aviation
DECISIONS
- Small claims suit, lost baggage – Hulewicz v. Flair Airlines Ltd., 2021 BCCRT 287
Applicants sought damages under the Canada Transportation Act and Air Passenger Protection Regulations for lost bag and its contents, for approximately $2,500 in total – respondent airline argued the Civil Resolution Tribunal (“CRT”) did not have jurisdiction over the dispute, as the Canadian Transportation Agency (“CTA”) had sole jurisdiction – CRT disagreed, and found the claim was within the CRT’s jurisdiction – respondent argued terms in tariff limited compensation for lost baggage – CRT found respondent failed to prove that its tariff was incorporated into the contract, as webslink to tariffs contained in the contract led to an error page – CRT found that section 23(1) of the Air Passenger Protection Regulations required the airlines to refund a passengers’ baggage fees if their baggage is damaged or lost – CRT ordered the respondent to pay a total of $1977.16 for damages, CRT fees and pre-judgment interest
CTA DECISIONS
- Suspension – Pipestone Air Inc. – Determination No. A-2021-41
License No. 010045
- Application – 0869234 B.C. Ltd. c.o.b. Streak Air – Determination No. A-2021-40
Applicant applied for a license to operate a non-scheduled international service, small aircraft, to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country – Agency issued license subject to condition
TC/TSB NEWS
- Airworthiness directives
- Government of Canada announces agreement with Government of Saskatchewan to support essential air access to remote communities
- Release of Iran’s Final Safety Investigation Report into the Downing of PS752
- Transport Canada Temperature Screening Standards
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- AIAC – Read AIAC’s latest oped: Renewed government partnership needed for aerospace
- ATAC – Petition to support Harvey Friesen’s induction into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (CAHF)
- COPA – Airforms adds baffle kits for Cessna 120/140
- COPA – ASR tests eFlyer 2 Parachute Recovery System
- COPA – Continued flight in poor weather claimed four lives in 2019 BC floatplane crash
- COPA – SKYTRAC enters RPAS segment
- COPA – TSB report on July 2020 helicopter loss of control and collision with terrain in Newfoundland and Labrador
UNION NEWS
- ACPA – In the News: Laid-off airline workers mull post-COVID job options as industry languishes
- Unifor – Federal government launches aerospace industry study
- UNIFOR2002 – Workers mark the one-year anniversary of federal inaction on aviation
AIRPORT NEWS
- ACI World updates guidance on restart and recovery for airports
- Government must do more to support struggling regional airports
- Laid-off staff at YVR Airport being recalled to help manage vaccination sites
- Lower taxes on international air transport are essential for the recovery of the industry
- Municipal Airport Authority to receive $1 million loan
- PEI commits $1 million to restart air travel at Charlottetown airport
- Regina, Saskatoon airports could lose international designation
- The COVID-19 pandemic, an accelerator for airport digitalization
- Victoria International Airport does not appear on list of international airports in Canada
ROTARY OPERATOR NEWS
- Canadian utility company removes power lines with helicopter
- Drones can now autonomously control swinging loads
- Urban air mobility… from the ground up
- Will 2021 bet the year of the eVTOL?
- World’s first airport for flying cars and drones opens this year
AVIATION NEWS
- Air Canada commits to ambitious net zero emissions goal by 2050
- Airline ticket prices ‘should remain stable,’ IATA chief says
- Exploring new horizons
- Iran blames “human error” in downing of Flight 752; Canada wants more answers
- Laid-off airline workers mull post-COVID job options as industry languishes
- Max Ward International petition presented to Senate
- NAV CANADA reports February traffic figures
- Passenger successfully sues Flair Airlines for almost $2,000 for lost bag